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

Previous Tx Any Organ		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
No	Patients	4,878	5,547	6,174	6,460	6,533	7,045	7,641	7,975	8,387	8,663
	Deaths	419	434	483	527	465	497	608	566	576	521
	Rate	186.0	167.7	166.9	172.0	151.2	149.9	169.2	150.6	144.5	129.7
Yes	Patients	985	820	677	706	744	748	745	770	766	788
	Deaths	230	174	138	160	149	143	143	146	129	111
	Rate	563.9	523.3	490.4	569.6	471.5	461.5	462.8	447.1	381.2	337.2

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.