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

Primary Diagnosis		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
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis	Patients	2,106	2,343	2,422	2,402	2,724	2,837	2,853	2,845	2,945
	Deaths	378	400	426	362	402	456	423	440	411
	Rate	207.9	195.7	203.3	170.1	165.4	183.0	167.0	173.6	154.1
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis	Patients	579	581	581	557	538	482	455	452	471
	Deaths	71	83	69	64	78	62	43	51	44
	Rate	135.3	159.4	130.5	126.2	162.5	144.1	102.3	123.5	100.0
Acute Hepatic Necrosis	Patients	237	275	222	343	337	389	426	394	371
	Deaths	50	70	58	82	51	77	81	74	83
	Rate	259.8	319.5	337.5	298.4	171.7	239.3	222.6	219.2	270.3
Biliary Atresia	Patients	240	211	200	177	211	182	155	168	160
	Deaths	39	23	34	31	33	20	16	22	17
	Rate	187.8	120.5	195.6	205.2	181.6	122.4	113.2	148.3	114.8
Metabolic Diseases	Patients	143	161	161	159	149	137	153	159	143
	Deaths	21	25	25	14	23	21	16	14	13
	Rate	167.0	175.5	179.7	94.3	177.2	174.2	115.1	94.9	97.8
Malignant Neoplasms	Patients	71	71	91	96	88	95	85	126	292
	Deaths	20	14	14	17	15	20	21	22	42
	Rate	339.7	228.6	166.0	199.3	191.0	232.2	294.6	201.2	159.5
Other	Patients	92	99	129	141	197	201	247	301	304
	Deaths	14	23	35	37	50	37	59	70	49
	Rate	174.9	285.0	353.2	336.0	325.0	217.7	296.9	282.5	184.1

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.