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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

Primary Diagnosis		Year of Transplant
Primary Diagnosis		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
Coronary Artery Disease	Patients	957	973	917	904	851	755	800	789	769
	Deaths	162	152	138	120	116	96	105	103	93
	Rate	197.0	177.6	170.9	148.1	152.1	140.8	145.6	144.5	133.2
Cardiomyopathy	Patients	1,009	970	1,016	950	952	959	1,001	1,092	1,142
	Deaths	151	117	126	120	93	91	103	121	105
	Rate	169.6	132.7	135.9	139.6	105.0	101.9	110.9	120.0	98.2
Congenital Heart Disease	Patients	134	154	174	183	172	188	194	193	171
	Deaths	33	30	38	32	29	42	50	34	35
	Rate	308.0	230.6	267.4	206.8	193.3	267.2	331.0	203.8	241.1
Valvular Heart Disease	Patients	36	56	54	54	41	43	43	45	32
	Deaths	8	14	10	9	3	8	5	4	5
	Rate	275.0	317.0	213.1	193.5	77.4	216.5	125.4	93.7	178.2
Other	Patients	13	5	7	14	5	10	17	23	27
	Deaths	2	0	1	3	2	1	2	3	4
	Rate	172.2	*	*	256.7	*	110.8	127.0	146.0	164.0
Unknown	Patients	8	9	3	7	5	5	7	3	2
	Deaths	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	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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