Table 9.3

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

Liver Waiting List

Race		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
White	Patients	7,173	9,023	10,953	12,871	15,330	18,088	20,118	21,892	22,443	22,153
	Deaths	637	808	908	1,070	1,343	1,717	1,705	1,954	1,827	1,781
	Rate	217.7	200.1	163.4	148.7	149.7	154.8	131.7	133.0	124.2	123.0
African American	Patients	729	844	1,050	1,192	1,414	1,642	1,870	2,050	2,066	1,999
	Deaths	94	95	129	125	153	203	201	222	220	172
	Rate	366.0	267.2	270.5	211.0	198.4	219.7	184.3	173.0	177.3	144.1
Asian	Patients	244	353	482	578	693	845	933	1,036	1,077	1,082
	Deaths	20	25	38	60	52	68	84	94	70	72
	Rate	174.3	157.8	163.9	193.5	128.8	130.9	140.7	134.0	98.8	100.2
Other/Multi-race	Patients	182	229	237	287	340	432	528	609	625	581
	Deaths	10	25	30	27	20	43	47	62	45	46
	Rate	129.9	253.5	285.6	201.3	106.8	178.9	155.1	159.0	119.4	125.4
Unknown	Patients	50	29	21	11	11	12	11	10	12	5
	Deaths	7	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	-
	Rate	203.6	123.5	71.8	-	-	97.2	-	-	346.1	*

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.