Table 12.7a

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

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Lung Transplantation

Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Patients 788 908 837 863 940 1,034 1,028 1,065 1,153
Deaths 228 217 204 207 215 231 193 175 175
Rate 365.8 290.2 295.8 287.3 270.4 261.6 215.1 183.9 167.6
White Patients 700 803 759 778 843 918 912 923 995
Deaths 198 186 184 182 198 202 166 148 149
Rate 353.9 279.2 292.9 278.3 278.6 257.6 206.8 178.5 165.2
African American Patients 52 68 40 52 67 87 62 71 89
Deaths 23 21 10 19 14 20 14 11 17
Rate 681.3 402.6 317.2 509.9 245.7 269.2 281.1 171.5 216.8
Hispanic/Latino Patients 30 30 26 24 25 22 41 47 56
Deaths 6 8 9 2 1 9 8 12 9
Rate 239.7 331.0 474.4 89.2 40.9 515.7 227.1 318.6 177.4
Asian Patients 3 6 8 5 2 6 8 18 9
Deaths 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 3 0
Rate * * * * * * * 192.4 *
Other/Multi-race Patients 3 1 4 4 3 1 5 4 4
Deaths 1 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 0
Rate * * * * * * * * *
Unknown Patients - - - - - - - 2 -
Deaths - - - - - - - 0 -
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.