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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

Life Support Status		Year of Transplant
Life Support Status		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
Not on Life Support	Patients	778	779	665	652	631	714	796	872	740
	Deaths	110	81	75	74	66	69	90	77	71
	Rate	160.1	112.9	122.7	125.1	113.6	104.3	122.7	93.8	102.9
On Life Support	Patients	1,373	1,388	1,506	1,460	1,395	1,246	1,266	1,273	1,403
	Deaths	246	235	238	212	177	169	176	188	171
	Rate	209.2	194.9	180.0	163.5	140.1	150.7	155.9	166.0	133.9
Unknown	Patients	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	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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