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

Recipient Age at Tx		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	120	79	112	116	130	119	106	109	109
	Deaths	21	15	23	29	32	20	24	18	14
	Rate	206.8	224.3	244.6	318.7	316.7	198.8	278.5	191.7	144.0
1-5 Years	Patients	194	169	150	152	137	116	136	133	151
	Deaths	46	21	25	23	19	16	23	14	24
	Rate	291.6	137.4	194.1	170.0	156.4	155.5	195.9	117.0	177.2
6-10 Years	Patients	66	76	59	57	92	62	72	50	48
	Deaths	9	5	10	8	10	10	3	6	4
	Rate	151.7	69.4	198.3	159.9	119.8	189.4	43.0	135.5	88.9
11-17 Years	Patients	90	101	97	108	111	98	101	136	122
	Deaths	11	16	19	15	13	12	10	10	10
	Rate	133.4	183.6	236.6	158.3	130.1	136.9	109.3	78.4	86.6
18-34 Years	Patients	310	298	257	314	289	275	249	283	258
	Deaths	49	52	35	46	32	32	41	39	25
	Rate	182.7	203.0	152.7	167.7	120.5	129.6	188.9	156.0	105.0
35-49 Years	Patients	1,268	1,425	1,449	1,475	1,533	1,618	1,555	1,392	1,495
	Deaths	198	221	215	200	227	237	209	198	190
	Rate	177.4	175.2	167.4	150.8	165.9	165.1	149.6	158.6	139.0
50-64 Years	Patients	1,236	1,352	1,409	1,399	1,637	1,730	1,829	2,041	2,166
	Deaths	223	255	277	226	255	293	283	332	340
	Rate	209.5	219.3	231.5	184.8	176.6	194.9	175.9	183.4	176.4
65+ Years	Patients	184	241	273	254	315	305	326	301	337
	Deaths	36	53	57	60	64	73	66	76	52
	Rate	227.3	264.7	248.8	284.5	238.0	288.0	235.4	310.2	173.6

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.