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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

Previous Tx Same Organ		Year of Transplant
Previous Tx Same Organ		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
No	Patients	2,083	2,100	2,105	2,046	1,961	1,892	1,974	2,069	2,061
	Deaths	335	301	306	266	236	226	248	253	229
	Rate	184.9	161.2	163.3	144.9	132.2	131.1	138.6	134.0	120.9
Yes	Patients	74	67	66	66	65	68	88	76	82
	Deaths	21	15	7	20	7	12	18	12	13
	Rate	367.4	267.2	117.5	382.4	118.1	204.7	244.2	180.8	179.7

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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