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

Waiting List Status at Transplant		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
1	Patients	740	713	763	701	453	491	554	575	456
	Deaths	236	206	201	173	105	132	138	118	114
	Rate	437.4	381.5	340.7	310.4	291.0	349.0	315.4	247.5	313.2
2	Patients	835	1,015	1,124	717	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	149	194	226	126	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	205.3	223.1	236.8	203.4	-	-	-	-	-
2A	Patients	-	-	-	188	730	903	933	1,080	180
	Deaths	-	-	-	32	151	195	185	223	36
	Rate	-	-	-	193.2	243.5	258.6	234.3	242.7	231.6
2B	Patients	-	-	-	548	2,310	2,494	2,526	2,408	373
	Deaths	-	-	-	96	314	323	306	306	41
	Rate	-	-	-	201.2	151.0	143.7	132.9	139.4	119.0
3	Patients	1,800	1,950	1,856	1,700	744	431	361	380	76
	Deaths	192	225	222	173	81	43	30	45	4
	Rate	115.6	125.2	130.9	110.2	118.1	107.6	88.9	130.0	55.3
4	Patients	62	33	29	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	7	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	120.2	98.5	35.7	-	-	-	-	-	-
MELD 6-10	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	164
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	200.6
MELD 11-20	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,119
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	126
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	122.1
MELD 21-30	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	651
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	83
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	139.8
MELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	417
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	290.1
PELD <11	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25.0
PELD 11-20	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	66.2
PELD 21-30	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	164.9
PELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*
HCC T1	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	140
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	103.5
HCC T2	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	681
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	72
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	113.0
Other Exceptions	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	260
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	125.5
Other Status	Patients	31	30	34	21	7	4	-	2	-
	Deaths	9	10	11	7	1	0	-	1	-
	Rate	383.7	458.1	462.8	444.4	*	*	-	*	-

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.