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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

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		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
Female	Patients	564	582	588	586	534	537	569	558	564
	Deaths	96	93	92	89	61	80	77	80	72
	Rate	196.5	182.6	177.5	172.6	125.5	167.7	150.6	159.4	140.4
Male	Patients	1,593	1,585	1,583	1,526	1,492	1,423	1,493	1,587	1,579
	Deaths	260	223	221	197	182	158	189	185	170
	Rate	188.4	157.7	156.2	143.5	134.0	121.0	139.9	127.4	116.9

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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