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

Cold Ischemic Time		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
0-5 Hours	Patients	406	498	650	581	735	721	806	874	1,063
	Deaths	73	71	85	84	113	103	122	120	120
	Rate	208.1	159.5	146.0	162.5	173.5	159.9	170.4	151.8	122.2
6-10 Hours	Patients	1,689	1,962	2,040	2,099	2,186	2,064	2,106	2,159	2,309
	Deaths	259	305	331	282	328	303	287	293	315
	Rate	173.7	175.7	185.1	149.3	169.2	166.0	151.6	150.4	150.5
11-15 Hours	Patients	899	897	763	710	685	531	523	576	520
	Deaths	161	168	143	135	109	95	95	118	82
	Rate	208.1	218.2	219.8	224.8	180.5	207.4	213.3	242.3	177.0
16-20 Hours	Patients	153	113	97	87	87	55	73	46	64
	Deaths	40	28	26	17	14	14	13	10	10
	Rate	330.7	311.0	331.3	237.3	183.1	319.6	209.7	252.8	173.9
21+ Hours	Patients	82	43	39	38	53	31	31	20	24
	Deaths	16	11	12	7	4	11	0	0	3
	Rate	227.9	325.9	423.9	220.4	81.0	465.0	0.0	0.0	134.7
Unknown	Patients	239	228	217	360	498	921	835	770	706
	Deaths	44	55	64	82	84	167	142	152	129
	Rate	218.0	298.5	388.3	277.1	194.5	211.9	197.0	232.7	212.7

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.