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Table 11.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient Years at Risk, 1992 to 2001

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Heart Transplants

Recipient Age at Tx		Year
Recipient Age at Tx		1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total	Patients	3,978	4,139	4,283	4,386	4,372	4,304	4,305	4,201	4,051	4,084
	Deaths	381	406	369	386	350	340	337	345	318	162
	Rate	201.8	217.1	185.2	190.4	166.9	170.2	166.3	177.8	165.3	113.2
<1 year	Patients	66	81	71	72	47	57	57	42	44	41
	Deaths	18	24	19	15	9	12	8	6	11	1
	Rate	774.8	959.2	959.3	599.3	623.9	609.1	390.9	392.2	753.4	331.1
1-5 years	Patients	205	185	180	183	191	196	194	191	180	207
	Deaths	24	26	19	25	22	17	9	23	7	11
	Rate	250.8	301.5	220.8	296.9	224.6	177.3	96.1	260.6	77.1	133.2
6-10 years	Patients	45	51	69	69	73	68	81	73	77	70
	Deaths	6	6	7	6	3	2	6	3	4	2
	Rate	297.4	319.6	192.6	229.7	77.8	63.4	156.8	88.1	101.9	59.6
11-17 years	Patients	107	125	133	139	156	155	150	162	162	179
	Deaths	7	8	13	17	14	7	9	11	6	4
	Rate	128.8	137.8	228.0	255.2	190.6	96.0	133.3	137.1	76.4	65.2
18-34 years	Patients	316	339	347	325	335	347	321	327	324	343
	Deaths	34	32	22	21	17	29	27	30	33	15
	Rate	232.6	207.9	127.0	143.1	101.5	183.9	177.7	200.9	211.3	126.9
35-49 years	Patients	925	926	928	907	877	799	792	772	740	740
	Deaths	64	72	67	65	67	57	60	47	47	33
	Rate	144.5	169.3	150.4	156.7	162.1	150.7	160.6	130.1	133.4	127.0
50-64 years	Patients	2,091	2,163	2,274	2,358	2,280	2,227	2,230	2,132	2,005	1,988
	Deaths	201	212	196	208	182	171	173	176	169	68
	Rate	200.7	216.0	188.1	189.4	166.4	165.6	162.6	179.2	180.5	98.8
65+ years	Patients	223	268	280	333	413	455	480	502	519	516
	Deaths	27	26	26	29	36	45	45	49	41	28
	Rate	260.9	215.8	196.3	174.9	181.7	215.0	207.1	213.5	160.6	151.5
Unknown	Patients	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2002.

Includes patients with a functioning transplant (placed during the previous 1-year period) at any time
during the calendar year. Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or 1-year
anniversary of the transplant, and is limited to time during each calendar year. See Technical Notes chapter for further
details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.

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