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Table 12.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1999 to 2007

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Lung Transplantation

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	Patients	863	940	1,034	1,028	1,065	1,153	1,402	1,397	1,458
	Deaths	207	215	231	193	175	176	249	221	277
	Rate	287.3	270.4	261.7	215.1	183.9	168.7	201.0	176.9	215.5
Female	Patients	431	467	556	509	495	576	627	618	612
	Deaths	99	101	109	92	79	91	93	103	105
	Rate	273.8	251.5	225.4	204.8	178.2	175.3	164.3	186.7	191.6
Male	Patients	432	473	478	519	570	577	775	779	846
	Deaths	108	114	122	101	96	85	156	118	172
	Rate	300.9	289.6	305.8	225.4	189.0	162.1	231.8	169.1	233.2

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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