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

Life Support Status		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
Not on Life Support	Patients	2,990	3,249	3,295	3,378	3,775	3,835	3,877	3,962	4,341
	Deaths	406	464	498	469	508	525	506	544	545
	Rate	150.6	159.2	170.5	155.0	149.3	152.6	144.6	152.0	137.2
On Life Support	Patients	477	491	490	450	460	472	497	482	344
	Deaths	187	174	159	134	142	168	153	148	113
	Rate	599.8	505.2	449.5	398.7	414.8	512.7	415.4	412.8	449.4
Unknown	Patients	1	1	21	47	9	16	-	1	1
	Deaths	0	0	4	4	2	0	-	1	1
	Rate	*	*	221.5	90.9	*	0.0	-	*	*

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.