Table 11.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1996 to 2004

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Heart Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Patients 2,318 2,266 2,310 2,157 2,167 2,171 2,112 2,026 1,961
Deaths 349 342 343 356 316 313 286 242 237
Rate 170.8 171.3 168.3 190.5 164.3 161.9 151.5 131.1 132.8
O Patients 900 869 898 841 810 815 816 805 791
Deaths 135 144 136 136 137 114 127 85 93
Rate 169.2 190.8 172.5 186.9 194.4 156.6 178.5 114.6 128.6
A Patients 1,010 977 1,017 925 958 946 942 843 795
Deaths 145 131 159 154 133 128 119 106 101
Rate 162.3 149.3 177.9 191.8 155.7 151.0 140.0 138.7 140.3
B Patients 281 295 287 267 291 285 273 284 282
Deaths 54 51 35 46 35 53 29 41 35
Rate 226.3 201.8 135.8 198.1 132.3 215.1 113.7 161.8 137.3
AB Patients 127 125 108 124 108 125 81 94 93
Deaths 15 16 13 20 11 18 11 10 8
Rate 131.4 143.2 132.0 188.2 110.1 161.5 153.5 115.8 92.4


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

(-) = None in category.

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

Multi-organ transplants are excluded.

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.