Table 9.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2003

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Patients	3,772	3,857	3,924	4,269	4,338	4,384	4,453	4,692	5,039
	Deaths	679	702	649	687	712	675	706	672	744
	Rate	208.3	211.7	189.6	183.3	188.3	174.7	179.3	159.3	164.9
Female	Patients	1,623	1,611	1,646	1,683	1,673	1,676	1,647	1,589	1,780
	Deaths	277	293	271	290	300	284	260	244	274
	Rate	196.6	211.3	188.7	198.8	209.0	195.5	179.4	172.8	174.2
Male	Patients	2,149	2,246	2,278	2,586	2,665	2,708	2,806	3,103	3,259
	Deaths	402	409	378	397	412	391	446	428	470
	Rate	217.1	212.0	190.2	173.4	175.6	162.1	179.2	152.5	159.9

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

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.