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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

Ethnicity/Race		Year of Transplant
Ethnicity/Race		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
White	Patients	778	843	918	912	923	994	1,213	1,191	1,221
	Deaths	182	198	202	166	148	150	213	188	233
	Rate	278.3	278.6	257.7	206.8	178.5	166.6	198.1	176.2	216.0
African American	Patients	52	67	87	62	71	88	109	122	123
	Deaths	19	14	20	14	11	17	17	19	17
	Rate	509.9	245.7	269.2	281.1	171.5	219.6	174.4	176.7	151.0
Other/Multi-race	Patients	4	3	1	5	4	5	8	10	11
	Deaths	2	1	0	3	1	0	3	1	0
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	101.0	0.0
Asian	Patients	5	2	6	8	18	9	17	14	15
	Deaths	2	1	0	2	3	0	6	3	4
	Rate	*	*	*	*	192.4	*	516.6	249.4	327.7
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	24	25	22	41	47	57	55	60	88
	Deaths	2	1	9	8	12	9	10	10	23
	Rate	89.2	40.9	515.7	227.1	318.6	174.0	208.0	187.9	323.5
Unknown	Patients	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
	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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