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

Previous Tx Any Organ		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
No	Patients	3,075	3,356	3,387	3,428	3,828	3,909	3,933	4,000	4,249
	Deaths	440	501	509	448	512	565	512	550	542
	Rate	160.3	167.9	169.5	145.2	148.4	162.4	144.4	152.5	139.9
Yes	Patients	393	385	419	447	416	414	441	445	437
	Deaths	153	137	152	159	140	128	147	143	117
	Rate	580.8	498.6	525.9	498.0	464.2	419.1	457.9	429.5	333.7

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.