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

Race		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
White	Patients	5,048	5,512	5,929	6,173	6,236	6,655	7,146	7,474	7,808	7,933
	Deaths	542	521	536	583	513	555	633	580	598	529
	Rate	236.3	206.0	195.0	202.1	176.2	178.8	190.3	166.3	161.4	145.1
African American	Patients	477	536	550	592	628	698	748	747	745	823
	Deaths	63	59	58	69	59	57	73	89	64	54
	Rate	294.4	246.9	227.3	255.9	203.9	180.8	205.3	262.0	181.9	145.6
Asian	Patients	178	151	196	234	257	278	311	299	311	376
	Deaths	35	16	17	17	29	19	29	23	23	28
	Rate	464.2	235.4	179.7	154.0	250.8	146.2	208.6	152.7	165.2	164.3
Other/Multi-race	Patients	143	148	166	164	153	159	175	209	248	252
	Deaths	7	10	10	18	13	9	16	18	18	16
	Rate	99.8	136.8	135.8	231.3	176.7	122.2	199.2	181.4	163.0	132.6
Unknown	Patients	17	20	10	3	3	3	6	16	41	67
	Deaths	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5
	Rate	307.3	178.2	0.0	*	*	*	*	307.0	111.1	129.3

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.