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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 1,836 1,838 1,681 1,669 1,615 1,586 1,460 1,379 1,443
Deaths 260 272 269 251 225 211 172 171 169
Rate 159.7 168.1 184.1 170.2 156.6 149.2 129.5 137.0 128.7
African American Patients 254 293 315 290 310 301 332 330 362
Deaths 57 42 54 42 51 46 44 40 59
Rate 269.7 160.1 196.1 162.2 183.0 170.2 145.2 132.4 183.2
Hispanic/Latino Patients 132 131 106 146 180 157 171 177 165
Deaths 21 20 21 14 29 24 17 14 21
Rate 180.3 171.3 239.9 103.8 183.3 172.2 107.2 83.8 141.0
Asian Patients 39 35 45 48 57 53 48 55 72
Deaths 3 7 10 7 6 5 6 10 12
Rate 82.7 237.2 273.0 164.6 115.6 100.7 138.7 205.0 191.4
Other/Multi-race Patients 4 11 10 14 9 15 15 19 20
Deaths 1 1 2 2 2 0 4 3 3
Rate * 93.5 244.3 162.7 * 0.0 329.4 181.8 167.6
Unknown Patients 1 2 - - - - - - -
Deaths 0 1 - - - - - - -
Rate * * - - - - - - -


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.