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

Primary Diagnosis		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
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis	Patients	3,334	3,686	4,057	4,314	4,331	4,748	5,221	5,435	5,680	5,788
	Deaths	384	366	374	424	347	378	458	414	422	386
	Rate	257.7	215.5	201.0	209.2	171.8	169.9	187.2	162.2	157.2	143.1
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis	Patients	1,028	1,113	1,121	1,112	1,086	1,049	989	978	1,021	1,025
	Deaths	82	83	76	83	68	67	71	56	49	46
	Rate	166.7	160.0	142.6	158.4	132.0	134.5	152.3	121.7	98.2	96.0
Acute Hepatic Necrosis	Patients	381	407	455	468	565	644	772	818	812	758
	Deaths	51	51	58	61	80	55	101	91	80	76
	Rate	294.2	303.9	275.9	297.7	311.8	189.5	302.4	236.8	211.2	229.1
Biliary Atresia	Patients	461	497	483	463	440	440	433	407	400	388
	Deaths	47	47	28	32	37	39	25	19	28	14
	Rate	225.0	201.5	123.2	145.1	185.7	186.5	122.0	97.5	154.5	73.6
Metabolic Diseases	Patients	287	308	341	358	348	329	293	317	344	323
	Deaths	28	25	29	33	17	29	21	24	20	12
	Rate	206.4	179.5	175.5	204.9	100.5	192.9	154.5	165.2	118.9	77.4
Malignant Neoplasms	Patients	191	189	198	228	241	240	269	294	323	530
	Deaths	33	24	30	22	21	17	31	39	42	44
	Rate	412.3	282.9	335.4	205.8	173.8	159.2	231.4	306.8	291.7	202.5
Other	Patients	179	165	195	223	265	340	405	495	573	633
	Deaths	24	12	26	32	43	54	43	69	64	54
	Rate	305.2	154.8	291.4	317.2	391.2	375.3	239.9	313.1	238.3	196.6
Unknown	Patients	2	2	1	-	1	3	4	1	-	6
	Deaths	0	0	0	-	1	1	1	0	-	0
	Rate	*	*	*	-	*	*	*	*	-	*

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.