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

Donor Age		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 Year	Patients	48	38	48	42	38	42	55	31	38
	Deaths	8	6	9	8	6	5	14	7	3
	Rate	191.4	182.4	222.6	233.3	182.1	133.7	317.7	279.6	84.1
1-5 Years	Patients	144	169	148	155	159	139	126	134	115
	Deaths	27	21	30	26	23	13	12	10	13
	Rate	220.8	137.0	245.1	191.1	164.5	102.0	102.6	79.8	123.5
6-10 Years	Patients	131	148	127	114	137	126	120	136	110
	Deaths	22	18	17	25	16	28	9	19	8
	Rate	197.1	135.5	149.0	268.1	128.9	272.3	78.8	157.6	76.4
11-17 Years	Patients	565	598	540	544	515	465	483	449	452
	Deaths	75	74	65	78	71	70	59	54	43
	Rate	148.2	137.1	132.4	162.5	154.2	170.5	135.1	132.7	101.8
18-34 Years	Patients	1,182	1,172	1,147	1,184	1,299	1,247	1,268	1,324	1,441
	Deaths	172	185	190	148	167	145	190	199	195
	Rate	163.6	178.2	190.2	139.2	143.1	128.1	169.8	169.1	149.3
35-49 Years	Patients	766	841	917	939	1,022	1,126	1,103	1,124	1,164
	Deaths	139	153	150	143	176	177	166	165	159
	Rate	209.8	211.2	186.9	171.6	196.2	178.4	170.7	163.8	150.8
50-64 Years	Patients	515	607	681	688	763	840	904	898	976
	Deaths	121	138	139	130	141	171	152	159	156
	Rate	288.5	275.1	243.1	219.7	214.6	242.0	192.1	203.0	181.0
65+ Years	Patients	115	168	198	209	311	337	314	349	390
	Deaths	29	43	61	49	52	84	57	80	82
	Rate	316.8	316.0	403.6	281.8	189.7	307.4	209.7	272.4	244.9
Unknown	Patients	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
	Deaths	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-
	Rate	*	-	-	-	-	*	*	-	-

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.