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Table 11.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1998 to 2006

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Heart Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Patients 2,310 2,157 2,167 2,171 2,112 2,026 1,960 2,062 2,147
Deaths 343 356 316 313 286 243 238 267 265
Rate 168.3 190.5 164.3 161.9 151.5 131.7 133.5 143.3 135.5
A Patients 1,017 925 958 946 942 843 795 854 902
Deaths 159 154 133 128 119 106 101 100 105
Rate 177.9 191.8 155.7 151.0 140.0 138.7 140.3 128.5 127.9
AB Patients 108 124 108 125 81 94 93 101 93
Deaths 13 20 11 18 11 10 8 12 8
Rate 132.0 188.2 110.1 161.5 153.5 115.8 92.4 127.7 93.4
B Patients 287 267 291 285 273 284 282 290 292
Deaths 35 46 35 53 29 41 35 39 45
Rate 135.8 198.1 132.3 215.1 113.7 161.8 137.3 150.4 172.1
O Patients 898 841 810 815 816 805 790 817 860
Deaths 136 136 137 114 127 86 94 116 107
Rate 172.5 186.9 194.4 156.6 178.5 116.1 130.3 158.7 135.9


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

(-) = 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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