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

Transplant Center State		Year of Transplant
Transplant Center State		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
Alabama	Patients	29	37	24	21	22	12	23	28	20
	Deaths	4	3	4	5	2	2	6	5	2
	Rate	157.9	84.3	192.5	306.3	96.4	177.3	326.5	199.7	107.2
Arkansas	Patients	19	12	19	17	23	32	31	25	24
	Deaths	5	3	7	4	3	3	5	5	0
	Rate	323.5	306.5	490.8	287.6	148.9	101.2	178.7	232.2	0.0
Arizona	Patients	28	27	27	28	23	35	45	55	57
	Deaths	4	4	6	1	3	5	9	9	3
	Rate	166.2	161.7	268.5	37.0	141.9	163.5	227.5	182.6	55.1
California	Patients	232	258	230	282	271	261	274	249	269
	Deaths	31	31	33	27	20	27	28	27	34
	Rate	149.6	131.8	158.1	103.1	78.4	110.9	110.0	115.4	138.3
Colorado	Patients	41	37	39	40	31	37	30	27	34
	Deaths	7	5	5	8	5	5	4	3	2
	Rate	193.1	155.3	144.7	235.4	177.0	147.8	150.2	123.7	61.9
Connecticut	Patients	28	23	25	19	12	13	23	14	18
	Deaths	9	5	5	5	6	2	6	4	2
	Rate	418.3	253.9	238.9	340.9	841.8	178.5	334.9	396.5	117.5
District of Columbia	Patients	10	9	5	5	7	12	6	7	5
	Deaths	4	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	1
	Rate	650.1	*	*	*	*	306.1	*	*	*
Delaware	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	*
Florida	Patients	117	102	136	114	128	127	133	135	153
	Deaths	22	16	17	15	10	13	22	15	19
	Rate	223.1	176.1	139.2	144.4	82.6	110.3	186.5	120.1	135.5
Georgia	Patients	49	44	48	37	39	40	40	45	49
	Deaths	9	5	7	4	3	2	6	7	7
	Rate	212.5	125.7	160.8	117.0	81.8	52.6	166.0	174.0	160.1
Hawaii	Patients	2	2	2	2	-	2	-	2	-
	Deaths	1	1	0	0	-	0	-	0	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	-	*	-	*	-
Iowa	Patients	16	6	13	10	13	11	8	7	12
	Deaths	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0
	Rate	138.4	*	0.0	104.0	169.1	220.5	*	*	0.0
Illinois	Patients	71	69	66	71	68	58	61	84	80
	Deaths	16	8	9	18	11	5	7	7	6
	Rate	279.0	128.9	153.8	315.0	181.4	91.6	126.9	89.1	80.2
Indiana	Patients	37	44	56	30	44	41	36	34	34
	Deaths	8	12	8	7	8	11	3	5	6
	Rate	270.6	354.6	159.0	277.5	211.8	338.5	90.4	168.8	197.9
Kansas	Patients	10	7	1	2	5	7	7	8	7
	Deaths	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
	Rate	111.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kentucky	Patients	27	35	27	35	26	24	31	20	16
	Deaths	6	12	4	5	3	3	6	2	3
	Rate	274.3	464.9	173.3	162.0	125.4	141.7	217.8	106.8	229.8
Louisiana	Patients	53	50	47	61	39	24	22	19	22
	Deaths	11	10	8	5	5	5	2	5	3
	Rate	252.0	240.8	196.5	89.0	143.1	242.3	98.8	323.5	149.5
Massachusetts	Patients	59	57	62	53	40	62	47	61	68
	Deaths	10	9	8	3	3	7	0	7	9
	Rate	194.6	184.4	146.2	59.3	80.3	122.9	0.0	123.4	147.6
Maryland	Patients	27	22	21	32	19	25	29	42	50
	Deaths	6	4	9	1	5	4	5	5	9
	Rate	267.7	218.0	694.5	32.2	337.0	186.2	202.7	133.1	206.7
Michigan	Patients	56	71	68	50	51	49	53	56	49
	Deaths	9	13	11	7	4	11	4	10	5
	Rate	181.6	207.0	183.7	157.8	84.0	272.5	78.9	203.5	110.9
Minnesota	Patients	46	43	41	56	59	68	62	55	62
	Deaths	10	3	4	6	5	7	8	7	1
	Rate	255.5	74.9	107.2	117.9	91.8	112.2	144.4	138.2	16.4
Missouri	Patients	78	68	58	63	55	50	71	89	81
	Deaths	11	10	12	9	6	9	5	7	10
	Rate	158.8	162.3	246.0	160.0	119.8	212.8	74.2	84.3	134.4
Mississippi	Patients	13	13	8	9	12	7	8	6	9
	Deaths	1	2	0	3	2	0	2	1	1
	Rate	82.6	172.0	*	*	188.6	*	*	*	*
North Carolina	Patients	74	86	111	90	89	80	69	74	81
	Deaths	5	16	13	12	9	10	10	9	6
	Rate	72.2	211.1	125.7	147.3	109.3	134.9	163.4	134.2	79.2
Nebraska	Patients	5	6	6	6	3	1	7	18	14
	Deaths	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	452.4	75.5
New Jersey	Patients	36	29	33	42	37	45	47	43	43
	Deaths	6	8	3	5	6	3	4	3	2
	Rate	190.6	367.4	98.2	128.1	179.8	70.3	91.1	73.4	48.1
New Mexico	Patients	6	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	1	0	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	-
New York	Patients	114	143	173	163	150	139	156	146	144
	Deaths	14	14	24	28	20	23	21	22	20
	Rate	136.3	105.6	156.2	196.1	147.6	188.6	151.5	172.8	154.2
Ohio	Patients	148	138	110	96	110	92	99	115	90
	Deaths	26	19	12	14	12	9	14	12	14
	Rate	207.8	154.3	117.8	161.7	119.0	106.1	161.5	113.2	180.8
Oklahoma	Patients	28	35	25	27	19	25	23	18	13
	Deaths	8	5	6	1	4	2	3	2	2
	Rate	365.8	160.9	293.8	38.1	253.2	86.8	137.1	120.6	168.4
Oregon	Patients	25	24	32	24	19	14	21	26	15
	Deaths	0	1	2	3	2	2	0	1	1
	Rate	0.0	43.4	63.6	137.4	110.3	166.1	0.0	39.8	68.1
Pennsylvania	Patients	194	202	185	168	166	136	149	207	180
	Deaths	38	41	30	31	28	16	19	26	25
	Rate	231.8	244.5	186.7	218.0	193.3	128.5	143.3	139.5	152.8
Puerto Rico	Patients	5	13	12	4	17	10	16	13	12
	Deaths	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0
	Rate	*	0.0	0.0	*	62.5	0.0	131.9	83.3	0.0
South Carolina	Patients	24	24	25	21	15	21	20	21	18
	Deaths	3	2	0	1	0	2	4	2	1
	Rate	134.9	90.8	0.0	50.0	0.0	100.4	232.9	101.5	58.7
Tennessee	Patients	65	52	63	63	54	59	49	37	50
	Deaths	11	4	9	8	10	5	3	4	8
	Rate	195.4	82.6	161.6	142.1	214.6	91.4	64.1	119.3	182.1
Texas	Patients	189	189	182	175	176	165	174	177	193
	Deaths	33	26	33	25	26	20	24	23	22
	Rate	204.0	154.2	210.6	163.2	164.5	132.0	153.9	140.5	123.7
Utah	Patients	23	28	29	42	33	34	38	35	35
	Deaths	4	1	2	3	2	1	5	2	2
	Rate	204.2	36.9	73.8	76.1	63.5	30.3	146.0	58.4	59.4
Virginia	Patients	58	56	57	55	54	48	52	54	53
	Deaths	7	10	11	6	9	11	12	7	4
	Rate	130.2	206.5	222.6	119.7	192.0	284.9	265.7	146.6	79.2
Washington	Patients	41	45	37	41	40	43	41	32	39
	Deaths	4	1	3	2	3	4	7	4	2
	Rate	107.1	22.6	85.7	51.2	79.0	100.9	202.6	138.9	54.0
Wisconsin	Patients	74	57	67	57	57	51	59	61	42
	Deaths	8	8	6	9	5	3	9	8	7
	Rate	120.1	151.8	95.9	181.1	94.7	60.8	173.3	144.9	191.5

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.