Table 11.11

Adjusted Patient Survival, Heart Transplants

Survival at 3 Months, 1 Year, 3 Years, and 5 Years

  3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years
(Tx 2002 - 2003) (Tx 2002 - 2003) (Tx 2000 - 2003) (Tx 1998 - 2003)
N % Std. Err. N % Std. Err. N % Std. Err. N % Std. Err.
Total All 4,001 91.9% 0.4% 4,001 87.6% 0.5% 8,199 80.1% 0.5% 12,473 72.9% 0.5%
Recipient Ethnicity/Race White 2,954 91.4% 0.5% 2,954 87.9% 0.6% 6,136 81.2% 0.6% 9,499 74.4% 0.6%
African American 614 93.3% 1.0% 614 85.4% 1.5% 1,187 73.4% 1.5% 1,770 63.1% 1.5%
Hispanic/Latino 310 92.9% 1.5% 310 87.7% 1.9% 628 79.7% 1.8% 855 75.7% 1.8%
Asian 94 94.7% 2.3% 94 91.5% 2.9% 196 83.7% 2.9% 274 76.9% 3.2%
Other/Multi-race 29 93.0% 4.7% 29 89.5% 5.7% 52 83.5% 5.3% 73 74.1% 6.9%
Unknown 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 2 0.0% 0.0%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

(+) = Values not determined due to insufficient follow-up.

(-) = Values not determined since there were no transplants in the category.

Cohorts are transplants performed during the years listed at the top of the table.

Patient survival follows patients from first transplant of this type until death.Counts for patient and graft survival are different because a patient may have more than one transplant for a type of organ.

Center volume = Center's yearly transplants performed during the base period, based on heart and heart-lung transplants.

Multi-organ transplants are excluded.

Survival rates are adjusted to the characteristics of the 3 month and 1 year cohort. See Technical Notes for details.