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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
Blood Type		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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