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

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		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
Female	Patients	572	600	565	582	588	586	534	537	569
	Deaths	99	104	96	93	92	89	61	80	76
	Rate	202.2	200.1	196.1	182.6	177.5	172.6	125.5	167.7	148.3
Male	Patients	1,694	1,710	1,592	1,585	1,583	1,526	1,492	1,423	1,493
	Deaths	243	239	260	223	221	197	182	158	188
	Rate	161.2	157.4	188.5	157.7	156.2	143.5	134.0	121.0	139.0

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.