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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

Primary Diagnosis Year of Transplant
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
Emphysema/COPD Patients 379 410 472 405 425 426 459 434 434
Deaths 76 78 81 59 57 53 71 57 79
Rate 234.2 217.4 192.5 160.4 145.7 135.1 171.1 143.5 204.6
Cystic Fibrosis Patients 134 166 149 164 166 201 201 228 214
Deaths 28 25 30 28 28 27 29 31 36
Rate 242.7 168.0 227.8 189.2 186.7 145.6 157.7 149.0 183.5
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients 148 137 167 211 238 277 391 402 486
Deaths 52 47 55 45 47 57 64 79 105
Rate 458.9 457.7 421.2 250.6 230.0 234.5 183.1 226.1 251.6
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Patients 67 72 81 83 65 61 55 49 41
Deaths 20 23 22 19 6 5 11 8 2
Rate 376.6 399.9 326.7 273.3 98.2 88.0 230.2 184.2 50.0
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients 37 40 37 50 44 34 40 33 30
Deaths 10 14 9 15 10 7 10 5 3
Rate 332.1 464.5 300.0 406.0 285.1 234.3 301.1 176.2 110.9
Congenital Disease Patients 14 14 7 11 9 7 2 1 1
Deaths 4 3 1 4 0 2 1 0 1
Rate 377.9 232.6 * 547.2 * * * * *
Other Patients 84 101 121 103 118 147 254 250 252
Deaths 17 25 33 23 27 25 63 41 51
Rate 231.2 296.4 342.8 263.8 267.9 192.3 301.8 184.8 233.8
Unknown Patients - - - 1 - - - - -
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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