Table 11.5

Incidence of Transplant, 1997 to 2006

Heart Transplants per 1 Million Population

  Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 8.56 8.69 8.02 7.79 7.72 7.47 7.07 6.86 7.17 7.33
Age at Transplant 25.14 21.37 15.71 18.93 15.88 17.60 20.48 17.87 19.72 21.52
<1 Year
1-5 Years 3.31 2.87 3.47 3.00 4.26 4.07 2.44 3.68 3.38 3.59
6-10 Years 1.89 2.06 1.84 2.26 1.31 2.02 2.54 2.22 2.24 1.94
11-17 Years 3.01 3.25 3.26 3.35 3.47 3.32 3.61 3.45 4.09 3.86
18-34 Years 2.79 2.74 2.86 2.50 2.88 2.99 2.81 3.06 3.46 3.28
35-49 Years 7.46 7.51 6.84 6.42 6.92 6.09 6.53 6.06 6.10 6.59
50-64 Years 31.89 31.91 27.74 26.55 24.44 22.89 20.68 19.12 19.01 18.60
65+ Years 5.59 5.99 6.05 6.16 5.91 6.21 4.84 5.00 5.68 6.53
Unknown - - - - - - - - - -
Recipient Ethnicity/Race 9.51 9.50 8.68 8.67 8.36 8.22 7.53 7.17 7.50 7.54
White
African American 7.68 8.86 9.24 8.18 8.65 8.33 9.08 9.06 9.89 10.73
Asian 3.85 3.53 4.16 4.30 4.91 4.48 3.86 4.44 5.60 5.01
Hispanic/Latino 5.08 4.93 3.82 4.47 5.27 4.50 4.67 4.74 4.28 4.86
Other/Multi-race 2.15 5.51 4.17 2.12 1.33 2.16 2.11 2.61 2.69 2.10
Recipient Gender 4.23 4.43 4.10 4.08 4.08 4.08 3.68 3.71 3.90 3.73
Female
Male 13.11 13.15 12.13 11.64 11.49 10.98 10.58 10.12 10.54 11.03
Unknown - - - - - - - - - -


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

(-) = Incidence of transplant cannot be calculated for unknown categories.