Table 5. Cause of post-heart transplant mortality, by Age and Race.

Cells include # (%) unless otherwise specified.

	Black Recipients				Non-Black Recipients				All Recipients
Age Category	18–30	31–40	41–60	61–80	18–30	31–40	41–60	61–80
n of deaths	207	177	663	248	307	306	2,112	1,743	5,763
Cardiovascular	61 (29.5%)	50 (28.2%)	165 (24.9%)	36 (14.5%)	87 (28.3%)	69 (22.5%)	338 (16.0%)	156 (9.0%)	962 (16.7%)
Graft failure	51 (24.6%)	47 (26.6%)	103 (15.5%)	31 (12.5%)	70 (22.8%)	59 (19.3%)	286 (13.5%)	158 (9.1%)	805 (14.0%)
Infection	8 (3.9%)	12 (6.8%)	75 (11.3%)	42 (16.9%)	28 (9.1%)	29 (9.5%)	267 (12.6%)	295 (16.9%)	756 (13.1%)
Malignancy	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.8%)	20 (8.1%)	4 (1.3%)	4 (1.3%)	197 (9.3%)	224 (12.9%)	475 (8.2%)
Pulmonary	7 (3.4%)	2 (1.1%)	27 (4.1%)	14 (5.6%)	7 (2.3%)	13 (4.2%)	110 (5.2%)	149 (8.5%)	329 (5.7%)
Renal Failure	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.7%)	6 (0.9%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	52 (2.5%)	37 (2.1%)	105 (1.8%)
Cerebrovascular	4 (1.9%)	4 (2.3%)	29 (4.4%)	14 (5.6%)	9 (2.9%)	11 (3.6%)	96 (4.5%)	92 (5.3%)	259 (4.5%)
Hemorrhage	2 (1.0%)	5 (2.8%)	11 (1.7%)	3 (1.2%)	5 (1.6%)	14 (4.6%)	34 (1.6%)	35 (2.0%)	109 (1.9%)
Accident	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	21 (1.0%)	11 (0.6%)	43 (0.7%)
Non-compliance	3 (1.4%)	6 (3.4%)	7 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.6%)	3 (1.0%)	9 (0.4%)	5 (0.3%)	39 (0.7%)
Unknown	33 (15.9%)	19 (10.7%)	79 (11.9%)	52 (21.0%)	37 (12.1%)	40 (13.1%)	322 (15.2%)	303 (17.4%)	885 (15.4%)