Table 9.3

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

Liver Waiting List

Status at Listing		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	Patients	927	917	977	898	877	969	920	983	769	669
	Deaths	210	220	209	196	178	192	142	159	117	109
	Rate	1,072.2	1,033.9	888.6	836.5	716.5	661.4	483.1	494.6	476.1	517.5
2	Patients	734	736	652	464	126	94	78	68	60	30
	Deaths	127	128	108	95	8	4	4	4	1	1
	Rate	766.8	726.9	611.3	573.9	75.0	46.0	55.2	63.0	26.3	38.7
2A	Patients	-	-	-	64	229	306	351	438	154	28
	Deaths	-	-	-	19	79	108	115	145	48	-
	Rate	-	-	-	3,555.2	3,500.5	3,149.3	2,817.6	2,689.8	1,111.4	-
2B	Patients	-	-	-	198	1,991	3,497	4,122	4,502	2,584	1,134
	Deaths	-	-	-	36	289	585	624	661	386	118
	Rate	-	-	-	1,726.2	534.9	438.7	345.4	313.7	240.6	130.3
3	Patients	4,293	5,625	6,944	10,364	12,333	14,201	16,117	17,464	13,661	9,300
	Deaths	294	406	538	742	874	995	1,038	1,223	933	639
	Rate	169.0	163.4	158.5	137.8	115.7	106.1	92.6	95.6	83.1	79.6
4	Patients	2,120	2,887	3,900	2,740	1,925	1,539	1,257	1,059	908	674
	Deaths	109	163	228	169	111	99	68	59	44	32
	Rate	98.5	101.5	93.9	73.6	65.2	71.0	58.5	60.1	57.9	51.2
MELD 6-10	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,417	2,969
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	93
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	67.7	50.9
MELD 11-20	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,497	6,852
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	192	487
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	137.3	132.2
MELD 21-30	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	851	1,457
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	148	274
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	722.9	689.2
MELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	411	590
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	139	190
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,566.7	3,389.7
PELD <11	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	232	418
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36.5	50.0
PELD 11-20	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	144	228
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	16
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	359.0	171.0
PELD 21-30	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	62	92
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	15
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	756.6	462.2
PELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	30
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,153.4	213.6
HCC T1	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59	83
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	162.5	157.1
HCC T2	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	316	446
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	24
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	226.5	262.1
Other Exceptions	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-
Other Status	Patients	304	313	270	211	307	413	615	1,083	1,078	810
	Deaths	28	39	23	25	29	49	46	81	69	55
	Rate	138.9	199.0	152.8	183.7	178.0	186.5	125.3	106.9	101.1	109.0

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.