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Table 11.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1999 to 2007

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Heart Transplantation

Donor Age		Year of Transplant
Donor Age		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	Patients	2,157	2,167	2,171	2,112	2,026	1,960	2,062	2,145	2,143
	Deaths	356	316	313	286	243	238	266	265	242
	Rate	190.5	164.3	161.9	151.5	131.7	133.5	142.8	135.6	123.0
<1 Year	Patients	52	60	55	61	62	61	63	79	77
	Deaths	12	12	10	9	11	11	13	17	16
	Rate	285.6	240.5	211.5	168.2	205.6	210.2	252.3	263.9	247.6
1-5 Years	Patients	67	76	75	85	64	70	74	70	75
	Deaths	13	8	11	9	10	9	15	10	7
	Rate	226.4	113.3	164.7	117.0	177.6	141.7	240.7	156.5	100.2
6-11 Years	Patients	63	61	68	51	57	60	52	50	53
	Deaths	10	7	8	7	5	10	6	2	2
	Rate	186.3	125.0	128.6	155.6	94.2	191.4	126.0	41.3	39.2
12-17 Years	Patients	290	286	260	236	258	235	221	235	234
	Deaths	40	37	31	25	26	26	25	20	18
	Rate	154.3	145.6	132.6	114.7	108.7	120.3	123.5	89.2	80.8
18-34 Years	Patients	860	838	908	941	906	873	975	1,011	1,032
	Deaths	120	104	110	106	99	91	109	102	103
	Rate	157.1	136.7	133.2	123.9	118.9	113.3	121.7	108.8	107.5
35-49 Years	Patients	625	633	614	540	511	492	517	536	525
	Deaths	115	99	108	93	60	66	75	81	75
	Rate	217.5	178.2	202.2	197.4	128.9	148.5	162.7	170.3	160.1
50-64 Years	Patients	194	208	184	197	163	165	160	163	145
	Deaths	43	47	34	37	31	25	23	33	21
	Rate	268.6	272.1	216.6	221.7	221.6	170.2	161.8	237.4	161.3
65+ Years	Patients	6	5	7	1	5	4	-	1	2
	Deaths	3	2	1	0	1	0	-	0	0
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	*	*

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

(-) = 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.

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