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

Hospitalized at Tx 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
Not Hospitalized Patients 726 717 637 848 950 935 927 965 976
Deaths 88 102 70 119 101 104 115 106 106
Rate 134.0 159.3 120.1 158.4 115.8 121.2 137.9 119.6 118.3
Hospitalized Patients 205 212 343 476 449 484 437 364 374
Deaths 36 32 51 75 64 62 62 37 49
Rate 200.9 172.4 169.1 181.4 158.9 142.2 157.7 109.9 145.4
In Intensive Care Patients 1,305 1,327 1,322 828 768 752 748 697 611
Deaths 218 204 221 162 151 147 109 99 82
Rate 192.7 175.3 192.7 231.7 232.9 230.2 165.0 159.0 148.6
Unknown Patients 82 10 8 5 - - - - -
Deaths 7 4 1 0 - - - - -
Rate 91.3 584.8 * * - - - - -


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.