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

Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	603	687	829	846	773	867	977	1,080	1,179	1,259
	Deaths	52	60	68	89	65	74	84	94	72	77
	Rate	183.2	192.1	169.1	231.2	182.2	181.6	184.8	188.1	130.8	128.3
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	3,812	4,684	5,582	6,219	6,460	6,870	7,356	7,636	7,957	8,177
	Deaths	417	464	536	589	547	563	663	617	630	554
	Rate	234.5	221.1	206.9	201.9	181.3	176.6	193.8	172.8	167.2	148.1
Unknown	Patients	1,448	996	440	101	44	56	53	29	17	15
	Deaths	180	84	17	9	2	3	4	1	3	1
	Rate	301.1	165.1	92.9	208.9	116.0	101.2	153.8	68.4	439.5	161.5

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.