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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 1,854 1,836 1,838 1,681 1,669 1,615 1,586 1,460 1,380
Deaths 249 260 272 269 251 225 211 172 171
Rate 150.3 159.7 168.1 184.1 170.2 156.6 149.2 129.5 136.8
African American Patients 307 254 293 315 290 310 301 332 330
Deaths 70 57 42 54 42 51 46 43 39
Rate 272.8 269.7 160.1 196.1 162.2 183.0 170.2 141.6 128.8
Hispanic/Latino Patients 109 132 131 106 146 180 157 171 177
Deaths 24 21 20 21 14 29 24 17 14
Rate 271.7 180.3 171.3 239.9 103.8 183.3 172.2 107.2 83.8
Asian Patients 42 39 35 45 48 57 53 48 55
Deaths 6 3 7 10 7 6 5 6 10
Rate 163.3 82.7 237.2 273.0 164.6 115.6 100.7 138.7 205.0
Other/Multi-race Patients 6 4 11 10 14 9 15 15 19
Deaths 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 4 3
Rate * * 93.5 244.3 162.7 * 0.0 329.4 181.8
Unknown Patients - 1 2 - - - - - -
Deaths - 0 1 - - - - - -
Rate - * * - - - - - -


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.