Table 13.7

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

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Heart-Lung Transplantation

Blood Type		Year of Transplant
Blood Type		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total	Patients	62	46	51	46	27	32	28	38	34
	Deaths	25	21	21	17	7	12	14	10	8
	Rate	636.3	723.1	617.3	509.6	335.1	546.4	856.6	333.9	289.5
O	Patients	25	12	22	25	10	14	7	19	13
	Deaths	9	3	7	11	4	4	5	6	3
	Rate	519.2	301.4	415.7	654.1	581.7	356.0	*	431.2	272.3
A	Patients	27	22	20	15	14	11	15	9	18
	Deaths	12	10	12	3	2	3	8	1	5
	Rate	762.2	721.1	1,182.7	232.2	166.5	357.3	990.3	*	367.3
B	Patients	8	11	6	4	1	5	3	9	1
	Deaths	3	8	2	2	0	4	0	3	0
	Rate	*	1,895.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
AB	Patients	2	1	3	2	2	2	3	1	2
	Deaths	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	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.