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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

Hospitalized at Tx		Year of Transplant
Hospitalized at Tx		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 Hospitalized	Patients	848	950	935	927	964	974	1,103	1,173	1,047
	Deaths	119	101	104	115	106	106	115	120	98
	Rate	158.4	115.8	121.2	137.9	119.8	118.6	112.4	110.2	100.0
Hospitalized	Patients	476	449	484	437	365	373	336	324	360
	Deaths	75	64	62	62	38	49	38	37	31
	Rate	181.4	158.9	142.2	157.7	112.7	145.8	123.8	124.2	91.9
In Intensive Care	Patients	828	768	752	748	697	613	623	648	736
	Deaths	162	151	147	109	99	83	113	108	113
	Rate	231.7	232.9	230.2	165.0	159.0	150.1	212.1	190.5	173.9
Unknown	Patients	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	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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