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

Blood Type		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
O	Patients	2,499	2,766	2,958	3,036	3,021	3,303	3,584	3,684	3,771	3,960
	Deaths	269	272	285	333	259	282	333	294	276	279
	Rate	238.3	215.0	208.2	239.5	179.6	188.0	197.7	170.7	155.3	153.9
A	Patients	2,395	2,567	2,719	2,941	3,001	3,111	3,334	3,499	3,751	3,796
	Deaths	271	234	213	245	244	250	289	287	311	249
	Rate	248.6	199.0	165.3	177.0	176.8	169.5	188.5	176.5	175.7	142.4
B	Patients	720	770	856	853	886	998	1,070	1,140	1,200	1,220
	Deaths	92	82	90	77	75	87	100	105	93	77
	Rate	285.1	228.7	238.8	187.3	186.6	186.3	200.1	199.5	162.0	135.8
AB	Patients	249	264	318	336	369	381	398	422	431	475
	Deaths	17	20	33	32	36	21	29	26	25	27
	Rate	143.7	165.2	233.6	201.2	215.6	114.6	156.8	123.7	123.1	123.7

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.