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

Residency		Year of Transplant
Residency		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
U.S. Resident	Patients	2,232	2,277	2,132	2,147	2,149	2,091	2,007	1,942	2,047
	Deaths	336	337	352	316	311	285	240	233	264
	Rate	170.8	167.6	190.5	166.0	162.6	152.6	131.3	131.7	142.7
Nonresident Alien	Patients	18	27	21	18	21	21	19	18	15
	Deaths	4	3	3	0	1	1	3	5	0
	Rate	278.0	124.1	165.3	0.0	49.5	50.0	175.6	356.3	0.0
Unknown	Patients	16	6	4	2	1	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	2	3	1	0	1	-	-	-	-
	Rate	138.7	*	*	*	*	-	-	-	-

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.