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

Life Support Status Year of Transplant
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
Not on Life Support Patients 46 29 29 34 16 15 14 28 25
Deaths 19 8 10 11 4 4 5 6 4
Rate 653.7 363.3 488.6 433.3 327.1 347.0 513.4 263.9 181.7
On Life Support Patients 13 15 21 12 11 17 14 10 9
Deaths 5 12 10 6 3 8 9 4 4
Rate 613.2 2,325.5 738.1 752.4 346.4 766.7 1,362.7 554.6 *
Unknown Patients 3 2 1 - - - - - -
Deaths 1 1 1 - - - - - -
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.