Table 11.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1997 to 2006

Heart Waiting List

Age This Year Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Patients 7,254 7,599 7,449 7,193 7,145 6,916 6,529 6,212 5,893 5,856
Deaths 838 864 804 686 716 631 587 526 465 430
Rate 226.7 220.3 199.0 177.1 182.5 166.6 166.4 159.3 154.2 151.5
<1 Year Patients 147 139 99 102 113 120 92 124 109 119
Deaths 39 41 16 28 23 33 23 20 30 23
Rate 1,688.8 2,301.1 1,022.4 2,568.6 1,434.1 1,991.9 1,964.2 1,216.3 2,464.6 1,788.9
1-5 Years Patients 192 208 223 235 249 253 236 227 218 219
Deaths 29 31 34 33 40 28 31 26 21 16
Rate 422.9 393.2 343.6 343.1 415.1 254.9 293.0 289.6 243.6 199.9
6-10 Years Patients 94 88 100 97 72 102 121 114 124 116
Deaths 15 11 8 4 8 14 11 10 14 6
Rate 419.7 329.4 184.8 90.6 226.2 328.3 202.1 173.2 235.0 105.7
11-17 Years Patients 170 197 200 200 204 198 202 196 211 212
Deaths 23 18 28 20 23 21 21 14 16 14
Rate 373.1 237.3 345.6 265.6 298.3 296.8 341.0 217.2 225.4 198.8
18-34 Years Patients 548 539 553 517 572 588 606 631 626 593
Deaths 51 64 55 51 56 60 48 48 53 41
Rate 188.7 238.1 202.2 199.6 197.2 200.5 156.4 145.9 170.0 145.6
35-49 Years Patients 1,684 1,680 1,555 1,471 1,472 1,396 1,323 1,214 1,129 1,140
Deaths 183 165 165 119 126 111 95 96 76 79
Rate 201.3 175.9 184.7 141.5 151.4 141.1 129.8 146.9 127.0 140.5
50-64 Years Patients 3,798 4,042 3,914 3,753 3,637 3,440 3,134 2,937 2,721 2,680
Deaths 415 440 398 352 349 301 267 229 193 192
Rate 205.8 204.9 180.2 168.1 166.3 152.9 152.3 139.6 132.8 141.4
65+ Years Patients 621 706 805 818 826 819 815 769 755 777
Deaths 83 94 100 79 91 63 91 83 62 59
Rate 266.0 259.4 233.7 173.0 188.1 128.0 181.3 183.7 146.9 141.4


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

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31, date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

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