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

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		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
Female	Patients	39	23	30	30	17	19	17	18	22
	Deaths	14	9	9	14	4	6	7	3	5
	Rate	521.4	583.9	382.4	751.8	290.6	423.0	651.2	193.3	272.6
Male	Patients	23	23	21	16	10	13	11	20	12
	Deaths	11	12	12	3	3	6	7	7	3
	Rate	884.2	880.5	1,144.9	203.5	421.2	771.2	1,251.5	485.2	322.9

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.