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

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		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
Female	Patients	540	572	600	565	582	588	586	534	537
	Deaths	82	99	104	96	93	92	89	60	79
	Rate	171.8	202.2	200.1	196.1	182.6	177.5	172.6	123.2	165.4
Male	Patients	1,778	1,694	1,710	1,592	1,585	1,583	1,526	1,492	1,424
	Deaths	267	243	239	260	223	221	197	182	158
	Rate	170.4	161.2	157.4	188.5	157.7	156.2	143.5	133.9	120.9

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.