Table 9.3

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

Liver Waiting List

Blood Type		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
O	Patients	3,993	5,083	6,230	7,340	8,780	10,334	11,518	12,522	12,920	12,714
	Deaths	384	491	556	666	829	1,013	1,060	1,193	1,107	1,052
	Rate	219.5	203.1	166.1	156.6	155.9	155.1	139.1	138.5	128.0	124.8
A	Patients	3,051	3,745	4,637	5,377	6,357	7,538	8,509	9,223	9,363	9,244
	Deaths	264	305	378	420	531	718	671	804	728	729
	Rate	230.2	194.8	173.7	146.1	147.8	161.3	127.9	133.1	121.7	122.4
B	Patients	1,027	1,274	1,425	1,704	2,062	2,466	2,714	3,029	3,086	3,054
	Deaths	105	127	133	152	159	238	240	276	276	228
	Rate	255.3	231.1	199.6	172.7	139.7	164.9	143.4	141.7	142.1	118.9
AB	Patients	307	376	451	518	589	681	719	823	854	808
	Deaths	15	33	39	44	49	63	66	59	53	62
	Rate	147.2	232.9	200.6	186.7	168.7	175.3	163.0	124.1	112.5	136.7

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.