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

Waiting List Status at Transplant		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	Patients	1,219	1,287	1,264	1,318	1,313	1,024	894	976	1,036	969
	Deaths	233	247	210	209	182	113	134	151	119	107
	Rate	452.4	468.2	386.8	363.8	292.2	263.0	353.1	355.3	244.8	257.0
2	Patients	1,417	1,499	1,763	1,999	1,679	608	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	158	141	196	218	172	14	-	-	-	-
	Rate	248.0	207.7	243.8	236.8	185.4	84.1	-	-	-	-
2A	Patients	-	-	-	-	188	905	1,528	1,694	1,881	1,111
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	13	130	193	191	200	96
	Rate	-	-	-	-	386.5	314.1	269.6	247.5	230.4	159.7
2B	Patients	-	-	-	-	552	2,832	4,711	5,046	5,107	2,828
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	49	274	363	320	320	154
	Rate	-	-	-	-	456.1	199.2	159.3	133.9	131.5	100.2
3	Patients	2,882	3,344	3,640	3,694	3,445	2,378	1,206	942	1,036	642
	Deaths	221	206	199	243	190	105	60	43	61	23
	Rate	162.7	128.6	114.2	136.5	115.2	86.2	118.3	95.3	122.8	63.0
4	Patients	186	154	98	69	34	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	10	3	7	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	120.8	40.9	141.1	63.1	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
MELD 6-10	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	229
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	209.4
MELD 11-20	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,287
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	73
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	151.1
MELD 21-30	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	672
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	182.3
MELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	422
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	435.1
PELD <11	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27.0
PELD 11-20	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	78.3
PELD 21-30	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	182.2
PELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*
HCC T1	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	137
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34.0
HCC T2	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	657
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	131.3
Other Exceptions	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	253
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	211.5
Other Status	Patients	159	83	86	86	66	46	47	87	93	39
	Deaths	27	11	9	15	8	4	1	7	5	0
	Rate	404.7	286.9	247.2	399.9	258.5	187.7	48.3	147.9	121.6	0.0

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.