Table 13.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2003

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Heart-Lung Transplantation

Hospitalized at Tx Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Patients 69 38 62 46 51 46 27 31 28
Deaths 15 14 25 21 21 17 7 12 14
Rate 254.3 519.0 636.3 723.1 617.3 509.6 335.1 572.4 856.6
Not Hospitalized Patients 56 24 47 29 30 33 18 17 19
Deaths 12 9 19 10 9 9 5 4 7
Rate 246.7 502.0 631.9 490.6 400.7 333.6 360.9 304.0 524.8
Hospitalized Patients 3 4 - 1 4 4 5 4 2
Deaths 0 1 - 0 1 3 2 2 1
Rate * * - * * * * * *
In Intensive Care Patients 10 9 12 14 16 9 4 10 7
Deaths 3 3 5 10 10 5 0 6 6
Rate 409.1 * 699.0 1,724.5 1,169.7 * * 1,107.9 *
Unknown Patients - 1 3 2 1 - - - -
Deaths - 1 1 1 1 - - - -
Rate - * * * * - - - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

Includes patients transplanted during the year and having reported data one-year after transplant.

Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or one-year anniversary of the transplant.See Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.