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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

Cold Ischemic Time		Year of Transplant
Cold Ischemic Time		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
0-90 Minutes	Patients	110	92	102	75	87	66	74	68	68
	Deaths	15	13	14	10	12	5	6	6	8
	Rate	153.3	157.7	150.9	148.9	152.5	80.0	85.1	94.6	127.8
91-180 Minutes	Patients	819	763	791	752	703	688	728	716	713
	Deaths	113	88	81	86	78	70	72	69	79
	Rate	154.7	126.2	110.3	125.1	121.7	109.9	106.1	103.3	120.0
181-270 Minutes	Patients	754	818	889	861	888	922	911	1,002	1,039
	Deaths	118	121	138	101	93	121	112	139	99
	Rate	179.1	166.5	176.7	128.9	113.3	145.5	135.4	154.1	102.3
271-360 Minutes	Patients	133	153	163	169	158	157	184	208	205
	Deaths	32	38	39	37	27	20	31	33	33
	Rate	295.5	313.3	298.1	265.5	192.7	143.0	195.3	181.1	183.0
361-480 Minutes	Patients	15	29	22	20	15	14	33	25	25
	Deaths	5	6	2	3	5	3	11	3	5
	Rate	493.8	249.3	99.7	174.3	476.8	249.5	459.0	130.9	246.5
481+ Minutes	Patients	4	4	4	1	4	3	3	7	7
	Deaths	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Unknown	Patients	322	308	200	234	171	110	129	119	86
	Deaths	71	50	39	49	27	18	34	14	16
	Rate	272.2	186.9	229.4	254.1	179.5	184.3	336.6	128.1	219.9

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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