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

Life Support Status		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
Not on Life Support	Patients	5,082	5,594	6,031	6,291	6,392	6,936	7,513	7,858	8,250	8,622
	Deaths	459	411	447	518	468	504	570	549	552	504
	Rate	194.8	156.4	157.8	173.5	156.9	153.9	160.3	148.2	140.7	125.9
On Life Support	Patients	781	772	818	851	819	800	840	857	878	720
	Deaths	190	197	174	166	143	133	180	161	152	117
	Rate	624.5	675.7	507.9	470.5	388.0	408.2	544.1	438.2	386.4	385.1
Unknown	Patients	-	1	2	24	66	57	33	30	25	109
	Deaths	-	0	0	3	3	3	1	2	1	11
	Rate	-	*	*	426.8	76.7	123.8	60.3	150.8	128.0	264.2

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.