Table 9.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1994 to 2002

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Deceased Donor Liver Transplants

Residency		Year of Transplant
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	Patients	3,468	3,741	3,806	3,875	4,244	4,323	4,374	4,445	4,686
	Deaths	593	638	661	607	652	693	659	693	659
	Rate	197.1	195.8	200.8	178.2	173.8	183.2	170.4	176.0	156.0
U.S. Resident	Patients	3,369	3,623	3,679	3,757	4,137	4,216	4,281	4,369	4,625
	Deaths	578	614	632	585	643	674	649	683	649
	Rate	197.9	194.2	198.2	177.0	176.0	182.6	171.5	176.5	155.6
Nonresident Alien	Patients	69	83	77	90	80	95	91	75	61
	Deaths	7	11	12	14	6	16	10	10	10
	Rate	109.5	149.5	176.1	177.4	79.9	192.8	121.9	149.0	182.1
Unknown	Patients	30	35	50	28	27	12	2	1	-
	Deaths	8	13	17	8	3	3	0	0	-
	Rate	338.4	544.4	479.5	368.0	123.5	312.6	*	*	-

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

Includes patients transplanted during the year and having reported data one-year after transplant.

Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or one-year anniversary of the transplant.

See Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

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