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Table 13.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1999 to 2008

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Primary Heart Diagnosis Year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Patients 347 328 299 290 260 260 224 207 182 157
Deaths 55 46 42 42 20 29 28 21 22 15
Rate 242.6 223.7 203.5 210.0 109.1 162.7 181.5 153.5 195.3 154.8
Coronary Artery Disease Patients 3 3 4 5 4 5 9 9 6 6
Deaths 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 1 1 -
Rate * * * * * * * * * *
Cardiomyopathy Patients 18 24 20 22 19 27 28 27 31 27
Deaths 3 5 5 5 2 3 6 4 8 4
Rate 290.4 367.7 365.2 367.9 153.0 192.4 345.9 270.0 526.8 280.4
Congenital Heart Disease Patients 34 44 56 56 53 64 75 76 64 62
Deaths 3 4 6 9 3 6 8 9 5 5
Rate 142.5 138.1 168.4 216.0 73.2 123.6 150.7 179.2 107.3 115.7
Retransplant/Graft Failure Patients 4 4 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1
Deaths - 1 - - - - - - - 1
Rate * * * * * * * * * *
Valvular Heart Disease Patients 1 1 2 4 3 3 2 4 4 4
Deaths - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Rate * * * * * * * * * *
Other Patients 27 31 23 21 24 27 27 25 26 17
Deaths 2 6 4 2 2 4 5 4 6 2
Rate 116.9 338.0 263.1 144.1 142.9 259.5 327.7 327.4 719.8 259.9
Not Collected Patients 17 17 12 9 9 7 5 4 4 3
Deaths - - - - 1 1 1 - 1 -
Rate - - - * * * * * * *
Unknown Patients 243 204 181 171 145 125 77 61 46 37
Deaths 46 30 26 25 11 15 5 3 1 2
Rate 294.5 242.7 206.8 218.3 109.8 174.4 89.8 63.4 29.8 85.6


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31, date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

Collection of both a heart and a lung diagnosis began in 2005. Please see Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.



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