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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

Ethnicity/Race		Year of Transplant
Ethnicity/Race		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
White	Patients	1,681	1,669	1,615	1,586	1,460	1,380	1,442	1,471	1,449
	Deaths	269	251	225	211	172	171	170	173	154
	Rate	184.1	170.2	156.6	149.2	129.5	136.9	129.6	129.1	115.8
African American	Patients	315	290	310	301	332	329	362	399	410
	Deaths	54	42	51	46	44	40	60	58	65
	Rate	196.1	162.2	183.0	170.2	145.2	132.8	187.3	160.4	176.8
Other/Multi-race	Patients	10	14	9	15	15	19	21	16	15
	Deaths	2	2	2	0	4	3	3	5	2
	Rate	244.3	162.7	*	0.0	329.4	181.8	158.7	355.9	135.4
Asian	Patients	45	48	57	53	48	55	72	65	69
	Deaths	10	7	6	5	6	10	12	6	6
	Rate	273.0	164.6	115.6	100.7	138.7	205.0	191.4	99.4	90.9
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	106	146	180	157	171	177	165	194	200
	Deaths	21	14	29	24	17	14	21	23	15
	Rate	239.9	103.8	183.3	172.2	107.2	83.8	141.2	129.6	79.5

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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