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

Residency 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
U.S. Resident Patients 2,293 2,232 2,277 2,132 2,147 2,149 2,091 2,007 1,943
Deaths 344 336 337 352 316 311 285 239 232
Rate 170.0 170.8 167.6 190.5 166.0 162.6 152.6 130.7 131.0
Nonresident Alien Patients 15 18 27 21 18 21 21 19 18
Deaths 3 4 3 3 0 1 1 3 5
Rate 248.4 278.0 124.1 165.3 0.0 49.5 50.0 175.6 356.3
Unknown Patients 10 16 6 4 2 1 - - -
Deaths 2 2 3 1 0 1 - - -
Rate 237.3 138.7 * * * * - - -


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.