Table 10.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1997 to 2005

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Intestine Transplantation

Life Support Status		Year of Transplant
Life Support Status		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total	Patients	61	66	67	77	111	103	109	145	161
	Deaths	26	22	25	21	34	27	20	30	34
	Rate	584.7	442.8	515.3	347.9	394.9	325.2	208.1	243.1	244.8
Not on Life Support	Patients	57	59	58	72	106	96	107	138	159
	Deaths	25	17	17	18	32	22	19	25	33
	Rate	605.7	365.7	376.0	309.7	385.2	273.0	200.7	207.3	239.4
On Life Support	Patients	3	7	9	5	5	7	2	7	2
	Deaths	1	5	8	3	2	5	1	5	1
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Unknown	Patients	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(-) = None in category.

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

Includes intestine only and intestine with liver and/or pancreas transplants.

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.