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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

Type of Procedure		Year of Transplant
Type of Procedure		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
Double Lung	Patients	357	433	449	527	559	650	816	894	939
	Deaths	80	87	99	104	99	95	140	142	167
	Rate	266.7	232.8	258.6	228.6	200.5	161.5	193.9	178.2	199.9
Single Lung	Patients	506	507	585	501	506	503	586	503	519
	Deaths	127	128	132	89	76	81	109	79	110
	Rate	302.0	303.8	264.2	201.2	166.1	178.0	210.9	174.6	244.3

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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