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

Donor Age		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	93	95	78	79	81	75	74	90	73	59
	Deaths	10	7	7	10	7	7	6	11	7	3
	Rate	220.3	180.8	180.0	263.3	197.6	203.6	185.5	259.1	217.6	103.5
1-5 Years	Patients	279	267	290	302	281	292	276	252	248	243
	Deaths	31	27	20	28	25	29	14	12	13	10
	Rate	250.8	221.4	147.3	199.8	190.2	215.7	102.4	102.2	111.1	85.9
6-10 Years	Patients	226	230	260	260	229	234	250	225	254	231
	Deaths	26	23	18	17	23	17	25	11	23	7
	Rate	254.7	218.4	148.0	132.4	229.5	160.0	211.8	104.2	179.4	65.1
11-17 Years	Patients	911	1,048	1,114	1,086	1,033	990	918	883	878	855
	Deaths	86	72	81	70	76	68	74	59	58	35
	Rate	210.4	146.1	157.1	131.9	154.6	145.6	173.1	143.9	137.6	86.4
18-34 Years	Patients	2,126	2,253	2,308	2,265	2,287	2,466	2,594	2,701	2,842	2,986
	Deaths	216	175	184	191	176	166	176	197	210	194
	Rate	219.1	168.9	167.3	181.4	165.8	143.0	142.7	155.2	157.7	139.6
35-49 Years	Patients	1,254	1,356	1,517	1,657	1,768	1,894	2,138	2,337	2,443	2,495
	Deaths	150	138	153	155	147	157	202	202	173	155
	Rate	272.3	221.2	218.7	198.5	173.9	185.2	201.7	185.3	146.6	135.1
50-64 Years	Patients	811	913	1,023	1,186	1,242	1,350	1,512	1,646	1,757	1,845
	Deaths	98	132	120	155	118	142	175	155	150	155
	Rate	260.8	323.8	262.1	296.3	207.8	219.3	258.6	201.5	183.5	187.9
65+ Years	Patients	159	203	259	331	356	490	615	598	626	683
	Deaths	32	34	38	61	42	53	78	65	71	66
	Rate	483.9	364.1	363.6	405.2	265.7	234.2	285.2	240.3	248.8	220.7
Unknown	Patients	4	2	2	-	-	2	9	13	32	54
	Deaths	0	0	0	-	-	1	1	0	0	7
	Rate	*	*	*	-	-	*	*	0.0	0.0	251.7

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.