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

Race		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
White	Patients	2,997	3,242	3,263	3,316	3,615	3,694	3,743	3,779	3,921
	Deaths	507	550	560	515	554	583	542	590	548
	Rate	194.8	194.6	197.9	176.4	173.5	180.1	162.8	176.4	155.0
African American	Patients	293	287	337	328	391	374	386	388	436
	Deaths	57	58	69	51	64	72	80	59	58
	Rate	227.9	239.5	245.4	178.5	185.5	226.0	246.0	169.7	146.2
Asian	Patients	86	120	127	143	155	162	130	160	206
	Deaths	17	16	19	28	22	24	21	24	29
	Rate	231.4	147.6	168.3	229.2	157.4	165.8	186.1	166.6	156.4
Other/Multi-race	Patients	82	91	78	87	83	93	115	118	122
	Deaths	11	14	13	13	12	14	16	20	23
	Rate	151.7	173.0	191.8	169.1	163.7	169.1	157.8	195.5	216.0
Unknown	Patients	10	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Deaths	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	1
	Rate	110.4	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	*

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.