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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

Race		Year
Race		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
White	Patients	3,477	3,594	3,682	3,754	3,703	3,692	3,698	3,505	3,344	3,363
	Deaths	334	349	303	337	270	274	290	290	261	124
	Rate	202.0	215.2	176.3	195.1	151.6	159.2	165.7	180.6	163.5	106.7
African American	Patients	408	444	492	510	545	506	501	581	578	572
	Deaths	40	47	52	43	70	60	40	42	48	31
	Rate	208.6	232.3	229.8	181.1	268.2	265.9	177.2	147.6	178.8	147.0
Asian	Patients	59	62	53	60	71	62	60	65	73	85
	Deaths	3	7	11	3	5	2	5	9	6	6
	Rate	112.2	254.1	450.1	104.1	155.1	65.2	178.4	328.4	176.2	168.7
Other/Multi-race	Patients	30	36	51	59	52	43	43	49	56	64
	Deaths	3	3	2	3	5	4	1	4	3	1
	Rate	200.3	183.0	93.8	94.9	215.7	200.4	46.4	178.9	120.3	43.1
Unknown	Patients	4	3	5	3	1	1	3	1	-	-
	Deaths	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	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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