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

Gender		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
Female	Patients	1,496	1,612	1,587	1,631	1,671	1,666	1,674	1,643	1,587
	Deaths	251	260	274	254	268	294	276	252	235
	Rate	193.3	184.3	199.2	177.2	182.8	205.2	189.3	173.8	165.7
Male	Patients	1,972	2,129	2,219	2,244	2,573	2,657	2,700	2,802	3,099
	Deaths	342	378	387	353	384	399	383	441	424
	Rate	200.0	204.5	201.9	179.0	168.0	169.7	158.9	177.2	151.1

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.