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

Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
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
White Patients 2,866 2,940 2,996 3,197 3,289 3,265 3,297 3,398 3,666
Deaths 515 519 480 512 528 476 541 478 540
Rate 207.8 204.1 182.7 182.3 183.5 163.9 186.6 156.2 164.4
African American Patients 289 345 332 394 376 387 388 437 479
Deaths 59 79 54 70 75 83 58 60 92
Rate 242.6 279.1 187.5 204.3 235.6 256.9 166.4 151.3 222.0
Hispanic/Latino Patients 460 404 416 482 472 553 559 600 636
Deaths 80 76 77 70 76 86 74 95 84
Rate 199.9 221.1 216.4 164.2 185.9 178.2 146.5 177.6 146.2
Asian Patients 129 132 156 171 170 144 186 230 210
Deaths 21 21 32 30 28 24 28 32 26
Rate 184.9 180.9 241.8 201.4 188.0 192.3 167.7 155.4 135.1
Other/Multi-race Patients 27 35 24 25 31 35 23 27 48
Deaths 4 7 6 5 5 6 5 7 2
Rate 163.2 240.3 304.8 236.6 176.8 199.7 267.2 318.8 43.3
Unknown Patients 1 1 - - - - - - -
Deaths 0 0 - - - - - - -
Rate * * - - - - - - -


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.