Table 11.7

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

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Heart Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total Patients 2,266 2,310 2,157 2,167 2,171 2,112 2,026 1,960 2,062
Deaths 342 343 356 316 313 286 243 238 264
Rate 171.3 168.3 190.5 164.3 161.9 151.5 131.7 133.5 141.6
O Patients 869 898 841 810 815 816 805 790 817
Deaths 144 136 136 137 114 127 86 94 115
Rate 190.8 172.5 186.9 194.4 156.6 178.5 116.1 130.3 157.1
A Patients 977 1,017 925 958 946 942 843 795 854
Deaths 131 159 154 133 128 119 106 101 98
Rate 149.3 177.9 191.8 155.7 151.0 140.0 138.7 140.3 125.7
B Patients 295 287 267 291 285 273 284 282 290
Deaths 51 35 46 35 53 29 41 35 39
Rate 201.8 135.8 198.1 132.3 215.1 113.7 161.8 137.3 150.4
AB Patients 125 108 124 108 125 81 94 93 101
Deaths 16 13 20 11 18 11 10 8 12
Rate 143.2 132.0 188.2 110.1 161.5 153.5 115.8 92.4 127.7


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.

Multi-organ transplants are excluded.

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.