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Table 11.7

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

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Heart Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total Patients 2,157 2,167 2,171 2,112 2,026 1,960 2,062 2,145 2,143
Deaths 356 316 313 286 243 238 266 265 242
Rate 190.5 164.3 161.9 151.5 131.7 133.5 142.8 135.6 123.0
A Patients 925 958 946 942 843 795 854 901 870
Deaths 154 133 128 119 106 101 100 106 85
Rate 191.8 155.7 151.0 140.0 138.7 140.3 128.5 129.3 105.0
AB Patients 124 108 125 81 94 93 101 93 104
Deaths 20 11 18 11 10 8 12 8 14
Rate 188.2 110.1 161.5 153.5 115.8 92.4 127.7 93.4 149.5
B Patients 267 291 285 273 284 282 290 291 300
Deaths 46 35 53 29 41 35 38 45 36
Rate 198.1 132.3 215.1 113.7 161.8 137.3 146.5 172.8 132.9
O Patients 841 810 815 816 805 790 817 860 869
Deaths 136 137 114 127 86 94 116 106 107
Rate 186.9 194.4 156.6 178.5 116.1 130.3 158.7 134.5 135.0


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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