Table 11.5

Incidence of Transplant, 1996 to 2005

Heart Transplants per 1 Million Population

  Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 8.83 8.56 8.69 8.02 7.79 7.72 7.47 7.07 6.87 7.17
Age at Transplant 19.63 25.14 21.37 15.71 18.93 15.88 17.60 20.48 17.87 19.72
<1 Year
1-5 Years 2.91 3.31 2.87 3.47 3.00 4.26 4.07 2.44 3.68 3.33
6-10 Years 1.87 1.89 2.06 1.84 2.26 1.31 2.02 2.54 2.22 2.24
11-17 Years 3.58 3.01 3.25 3.26 3.35 3.47 3.32 3.61 3.45 4.09
18-34 Years 2.93 2.79 2.74 2.88 2.50 2.88 2.99 2.81 3.06 3.46
35-49 Years 8.24 7.46 7.51 6.83 6.42 6.92 6.09 6.55 6.07 6.12
50-64 Years 34.52 31.89 31.91 27.74 26.55 24.44 22.89 20.66 19.12 19.03
65+ Years 4.80 5.59 5.99 6.05 6.16 5.91 6.21 4.84 5.00 5.68
Unknown - - - - - - - - - -
Recipient Ethnicity/Race 9.64 9.51 9.50 8.68 8.67 8.36 8.22 7.53 7.18 7.50
White
African American 9.27 7.68 8.86 9.24 8.18 8.65 8.33 9.08 9.06 9.89
Asian 4.30 3.85 3.53 4.16 4.30 4.91 4.48 3.86 4.44 5.60
Hispanic/Latino 4.41 5.08 4.93 3.82 4.47 5.27 4.50 4.67 4.74 4.28
Other/Multi-race 2.62 2.15 5.51 4.17 2.12 1.33 2.16 2.11 2.61 2.69
Recipient Gender 4.03 4.23 4.43 4.10 4.08 4.08 4.08 3.68 3.71 3.89
Female
Male 13.87 13.11 13.15 12.13 11.64 11.49 10.98 10.58 10.12 10.55
Unknown - - - - - - - - - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(-) = Incidence of transplant cannot be calculated for unknown categories.