Table 9.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1994 to 2003

Liver Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Patients	8,378	10,478	12,743	14,939	17,788	21,019	23,460	25,597	26,223	25,820
	Deaths	768	956	1,106	1,282	1,568	2,032	2,037	2,332	2,164	2,071
	Rate	225.3	204.5	173.2	155.5	151.6	159.0	136.3	136.6	126.9	123.6
<1 Year	Patients	122	101	120	127	162	165	165	160	140	137
	Deaths	13	17	9	18	23	16	15	19	18	18
	Rate	615.5	1,043.9	411.6	888.6	850.0	530.5	477.5	603.7	814.1	817.7
1-5 Years	Patients	584	557	565	612	599	625	667	790	776	738
	Deaths	61	51	46	67	68	63	57	86	65	48
	Rate	274.1	209.2	177.0	237.8	235.2	209.3	167.2	190.1	154.6	122.3
6-10 Years	Patients	190	220	241	267	299	302	307	279	295	272
	Deaths	8	5	13	11	15	9	12	14	3	9
	Rate	80.5	41.8	89.6	67.5	82.8	45.1	57.4	70.6	15.1	48.4
11-17 Years	Patients	248	288	330	376	424	435	471	521	508	447
	Deaths	15	16	15	23	23	25	17	22	17	11
	Rate	143.7	116.7	87.0	109.9	94.2	91.8	58.7	67.2	54.6	39.0
18-34 Years	Patients	788	865	921	1,070	1,099	1,215	1,354	1,440	1,418	1,379
	Deaths	81	84	73	86	90	97	102	90	106	94
	Rate	251.7	214.9	158.5	151.7	143.1	134.4	121.4	96.6	116.5	108.8
35-49 Years	Patients	2,996	3,881	4,772	5,565	6,448	7,298	7,633	7,795	7,446	6,648
	Deaths	232	315	379	422	516	591	599	687	553	476
	Rate	190.4	179.1	156.5	134.5	136.0	132.8	123.1	132.5	114.8	110.5
50-64 Years	Patients	2,912	3,817	4,821	5,771	7,275	9,059	10,662	12,118	12,929	13,461
	Deaths	289	367	456	527	665	977	988	1,084	1,120	1,105
	Rate	244.4	217.0	187.1	162.9	155.4	174.8	143.1	131.7	130.4	124.4
65+ Years	Patients	538	749	973	1,151	1,482	1,920	2,201	2,494	2,711	2,737
	Deaths	69	101	115	128	168	254	247	330	282	310
	Rate	288.6	318.3	246.8	202.9	187.1	208.3	168.3	192.0	158.1	170.2
Unknown	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31,

date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.