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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 803 759 778 843 918 912 923 995 1,214
Deaths 186 184 182 198 202 166 148 150 213
Rate 279.2 292.9 278.3 278.6 257.7 206.8 178.5 166.4 197.8
African American Patients 68 40 52 67 87 62 71 89 109
Deaths 21 10 19 14 20 14 11 17 17
Rate 402.6 317.2 509.9 245.7 269.2 281.1 171.5 216.8 174.4
Hispanic/Latino Patients 30 26 24 25 22 41 47 56 54
Deaths 8 9 2 1 9 8 12 9 9
Rate 331.0 474.4 89.2 40.9 515.7 227.1 318.6 177.4 190.4
Asian Patients 6 8 5 2 6 8 18 9 17
Deaths 1 0 2 1 0 2 3 0 6
Rate * * * * * * 192.4 * 516.6
Other/Multi-race Patients 1 4 4 3 1 5 4 4 8
Deaths 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 3
Rate * * * * * * * * *
Unknown Patients - - - - - - 2 - -
Deaths - - - - - - 0 - -
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.