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Table 11.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1999 to 2008

Heart Waiting List

Primary Diagnosis		Year
Primary Diagnosis		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	7,448	7,190	7,143	6,910	6,520	6,199	5,878	5,831	5,767	5,912
	Deaths	804	686	719	631	587	526	470	440	377	441
	Rate	199.1	177.2	183.4	167.0	166.9	160.0	156.9	157.1	143.8	169.8
Coronary Artery Disease	Patients	3,064	3,021	2,966	2,819	2,570	2,341	2,155	2,124	2,080	2,086
	Deaths	351	301	326	244	231	197	148	157	135	144
	Rate	209.4	181.1	194.8	154.6	162.1	151.8	127.4	145.6	134.5	148.0
Cardiomyopathy	Patients	3,161	3,030	3,013	2,940	2,840	2,753	2,643	2,659	2,685	2,736
	Deaths	291	248	258	236	215	199	186	180	155	169
	Rate	164.5	148.4	152.0	143.0	137.6	134.0	137.2	141.8	132.7	146.8
Congenital Heart Disease	Patients	357	384	424	453	438	471	467	459	449	544
	Deaths	58	55	58	75	64	62	59	43	41	79
	Rate	338.4	339.1	323.9	379.4	333.6	325.2	302.2	228.2	215.1	364.7
Retransplant/Graft Failure	Patients	283	284	282	256	254	239	244	225	225	236
	Deaths	39	37	41	33	39	31	39	34	24	23
	Rate	294.5	297.0	336.0	291.2	334.2	297.5	385.3	377.3	266.0	221.2
Valvular Heart Disease	Patients	160	169	159	152	152	128	126	133	109	111
	Deaths	14	21	14	17	15	14	10	8	7	6
	Rate	170.1	219.1	158.6	213.5	199.1	194.3	147.1	124.0	117.4	118.6
Other	Patients	153	136	144	140	127	141	136	127	120	119
	Deaths	16	14	13	19	9	9	14	8	9	9
	Rate	213.6	223.3	196.4	292.6	146.9	136.2	237.1	140.1	164.6	149.0
Unknown	Patients	270	166	155	150	139	126	107	104	99	80
	Deaths	35	10	9	7	14	14	14	10	6	11
	Rate	264.3	106.3	96.3	74.3	165.8	191.9	253.7	189.2	106.9	264.8

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31, date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.

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