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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
Blood Type		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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