Table 12.7a

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

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Lung Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total Patients 908 837 863 940 1,034 1,028 1,065 1,153 1,402
Deaths 217 204 207 215 231 193 175 176 248
Rate 290.2 295.8 287.3 270.4 261.7 215.1 183.9 168.7 200.1
O Patients 384 359 358 414 440 434 486 522 621
Deaths 80 90 92 87 100 77 71 78 114
Rate 245.9 302.1 308.5 244.3 267.0 201.6 161.6 164.8 208.9
A Patients 386 346 364 368 415 450 441 438 567
Deaths 105 80 77 86 90 83 83 67 94
Rate 339.4 279.5 252.0 278.3 253.8 209.7 215.4 169.0 185.4
B Patients 99 106 92 118 137 104 116 139 151
Deaths 24 29 27 28 36 27 16 19 28
Rate 295.0 345.7 363.2 281.9 317.5 319.1 148.5 148.1 213.3
AB Patients 39 26 49 40 42 40 22 54 63
Deaths 8 5 11 14 5 6 5 12 12
Rate 253.3 229.9 259.3 456.0 124.6 171.6 262.9 264.3 215.6


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.