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

Hospitalized 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
Not Hospitalized	Patients	1,950	1,989	1,952	1,840	2,605	2,690	2,753	2,621	3,269
	Deaths	215	221	239	202	314	307	299	299	355
	Rate	119.7	120.3	134.2	119.6	131.7	124.9	117.8	123.9	117.0
Hospitalized	Patients	760	968	1,059	1,135	635	581	467	633	712
	Deaths	133	181	205	198	104	106	84	114	122
	Rate	200.5	217.0	226.9	200.8	188.3	210.6	209.5	206.3	194.8
In Intensive Care	Patients	757	783	785	893	999	1,036	1,154	1,190	704
	Deaths	245	236	217	206	233	280	276	279	181
	Rate	447.1	402.0	362.7	284.1	287.0	347.7	297.5	286.7	321.0
Unknown	Patients	1	1	10	7	5	16	-	1	1
	Deaths	0	0	0	1	1	0	-	1	1
	Rate	*	*	0.0	*	*	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.