Table 9.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2004

Liver Waiting List

Status at Listing Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Patients 10,454 12,718 14,913 17,763 20,996 23,431 25,574 26,209 25,780 26,500
Deaths 932 1,103 1,272 1,566 2,011 2,014 2,322 2,159 2,080 2,136
Rate 199.6 172.9 154.4 151.5 157.4 134.8 136.0 126.7 124.6 125.6
1 Patients 915 970 897 876 970 914 981 767 666 654
Deaths 209 209 196 180 189 138 157 117 108 109
Rate 984.0 894.4 839.4 725.8 648.1 470.4 487.3 479.5 521.2 545.1
2 Patients 731 651 464 126 94 78 68 60 30 23
Deaths 126 106 95 8 5 3 4 1 1 -
Rate 718.9 600.0 573.9 75.0 57.5 41.4 63.0 26.3 39.7 -
2A Patients - - 64 229 306 351 437 153 28 20
Deaths - - 19 78 106 115 145 48 - 1
Rate - - 3,555.2 3,456.2 3,090.9 2,817.6 2,643.7 1,117.2 - 54.2
2B Patients - - 196 1,982 3,488 4,110 4,488 2,578 1,132 745
Deaths - - 35 291 582 622 660 386 119 70
Rate - - 1,701.7 539.1 437.2 344.8 313.9 241.2 132.3 109.1
3 Patients 5,616 6,931 10,344 12,320 14,186 16,106 17,460 13,662 9,293 6,879
Deaths 403 540 734 869 987 1,023 1,215 933 640 487
Rate 162.2 159.2 136.4 115.0 105.3 91.3 95.0 83.1 80.0 80.1
4 Patients 2,879 3,896 2,737 1,923 1,536 1,255 1,057 906 672 585
Deaths 157 226 168 112 94 68 59 43 32 21
Rate 98.1 93.2 73.2 65.8 67.5 58.6 60.2 56.7 51.5 38.3
MELD 6-10 Patients - - - - - - - 1,416 2,962 3,964
Deaths - - - - - - - 40 93 125
Rate - - - - - - - 67.7 51.0 45.4
MELD 11-20 Patients - - - - - - - 3,494 6,844 8,931
Deaths - - - - - - - 192 490 715
Rate - - - - - - - 137.5 133.4 136.7
MELD 21-30 Patients - - - - - - - 851 1,455 1,832
Deaths - - - - - - - 147 274 293
Rate - - - - - - - 718.7 693.1 553.4
MELD 30 Patients - - - - - - - 411 589 699
Deaths - - - - - - - 137 194 197
Rate - - - - - - - 3,514.9 3,591.9 2,992.8
PELD <11 Patients - - - - - - - 232 414 537
Deaths - - - - - - - 3 10 7
Rate - - - - - - - 36.4 50.2 25.5
PELD 11-20 Patients - - - - - - - 143 226 250
Deaths - - - - - - - 15 16 24
Rate - - - - - - - 353.9 172.6 225.1
PELD 21-30 Patients - - - - - - - 60 89 110
Deaths - - - - - - - 11 15 13
Rate - - - - - - - 771.7 472.9 308.0
PELD 30 Patients - - - - - - - 16 30 39
Deaths - - - - - - - 3 3 4
Rate - - - - - - - 1,153.4 213.6 224.0
HCC T1 Patients - - - - - - - 59 83 42
Deaths - - - - - - - 3 5 1
Rate - - - - - - - 162.5 157.1 51.6
HCC T2 Patients - - - - - - - 316 444 526
Deaths - - - - - - - 11 24 26
Rate - - - - - - - 227.0 265.0 237.2
Other Exceptions Patients - - - - - - - 4 10 15
Deaths - - - - - - - 1 - -
Rate - - - - - - - * - -
Other Status Patients 313 270 211 307 416 617 1,083 1,081 813 649
Deaths 37 22 25 28 48 45 82 68 56 43
Rate 188.8 146.0 183.4 171.9 182.5 122.5 108.1 99.2 110.6 124.8


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31,date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.