Table 9.7

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient Years at Risk, 1993 to 2002

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Liver Transplants

Recipient Age at Tx		Year
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	5,863	6,367	6,851	7,166	7,277	7,793	8,386	8,745	9,153	9,451
	Deaths	649	608	621	687	614	640	751	712	705	632
	Rate	244.0	208.2	195.6	205.4	181.1	176.6	192.5	174.3	163.0	145.4
<1 Year	Patients	40	55	32	47	57	66	69	63	52	60
	Deaths	8	6	4	6	7	14	6	13	3	4
	Rate	1,060.2	488.5	681.1	542.2	604.6	1,051.7	431.6	857.7	256.4	278.8
1-5 Years	Patients	506	541	537	506	517	509	492	530	517	516
	Deaths	58	62	44	44	50	44	40	43	40	30
	Rate	245.2	245.0	168.9	178.2	199.9	176.4	161.7	162.4	158.4	118.6
6-10 Years	Patients	127	142	145	137	137	166	155	137	141	124
	Deaths	6	12	4	11	14	14	11	7	8	7
	Rate	95.5	180.4	56.9	164.2	213.6	181.1	162.3	114.7	114.1	118.6
11-17 Years	Patients	186	175	182	188	179	194	206	204	240	244
	Deaths	17	13	16	18	17	14	11	10	9	7
	Rate	182.3	162.9	202.7	204.8	204.2	154.8	108.1	103.1	75.4	60.9
18-34 Years	Patients	549	549	535	477	530	545	532	521	570	562
	Deaths	60	55	44	32	47	31	35	42	38	28
	Rate	242.4	223.0	167.1	142.6	195.7	121.2	144.1	171.1	136.9	111.8
35-49 Years	Patients	1,971	2,181	2,443	2,595	2,579	2,679	2,829	2,860	2,713	2,667
	Deaths	186	183	211	224	164	207	242	201	178	168
	Rate	208.0	183.5	186.1	181.8	136.2	164.1	183.2	149.4	137.1	137.4
50-64 Years	Patients	2,100	2,317	2,494	2,628	2,674	3,016	3,386	3,698	4,156	4,506
	Deaths	255	231	245	280	251	249	319	319	334	324
	Rate	268.0	214.3	214.2	232.1	201.5	177.4	202.9	185.7	171.4	155.9
65+ Years	Patients	384	407	483	588	604	618	717	732	764	772
	Deaths	59	46	53	72	64	67	87	77	95	64
	Rate	354.2	246.5	242.4	267.5	220.3	245.1	259.6	228.0	274.0	180.5

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

Includes patients with a functioning transplant (placed during the previous 1-year period) at any time during

the calendar year. Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or 1-year anniversary

of the transplant, and is limited to time during each calendar year. See Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.