Table 11.3

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

Heart Waiting List

Primary Diagnosis (Collected for listings after 1994) 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
Coronary Artery Disease Patients 2,918 3,086 3,085 3,032 2,976 2,832 2,580 2,343 2,167 2,144
Deaths 348 343 351 301 326 244 230 197 145 152
Rate 229.5 213.5 208.7 181.0 194.6 154.3 161.1 151.6 123.9 138.8
Cardiomyopathy Patients 3,101 3,241 3,196 3,067 3,050 2,970 2,871 2,792 2,675 2,709
Deaths 334 364 290 248 256 235 216 199 184 177
Rate 207.5 210.9 162.1 146.8 149.1 140.7 136.3 131.8 133.7 136.2
Congenital Heart Disease Patients 349 358 360 388 431 461 440 474 470 465
Deaths 57 62 58 55 58 75 64 62 59 41
Rate 407.3 434.6 338.0 337.3 321.9 376.2 332.1 326.4 301.5 215.7
Retransplant/Graft Failure Patients 313 337 273 274 265 233 239 218 227 209
Deaths 36 40 40 37 40 34 39 31 39 34
Rate 276.7 261.9 310.4 304.5 340.6 321.4 356.6 315.4 410.6 387.9
Valvular Heart Disease Patients 162 156 162 172 160 155 156 134 131 140
Deaths 26 20 14 21 14 17 15 14 10 8
Rate 348.3 256.8 169.9 217.1 156.8 207.1 191.3 184.8 141.2 114.0
Other Patients 139 135 132 120 129 132 120 140 131 108
Deaths 13 15 16 14 13 19 9 9 14 8
Rate 194.0 226.8 245.9 250.0 215.0 299.3 153.3 143.4 247.2 162.6
Unknown Patients 272 286 241 140 134 133 123 111 92 81
Deaths 24 20 35 10 9 7 14 14 14 10
Rate 151.1 132.9 286.8 119.8 108.4 83.7 184.9 210.9 274.8 214.1


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.