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

Recipient Age at Tx 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
<1 Year Patients 80 115 121 131 122 107 109 109 116
Deaths 17 28 40 35 23 26 18 17 12
Rate 255.1 297.6 459.7 349.3 228.6 303.5 190.4 179.3 113.8
1-5 Years Patients 170 157 156 141 115 136 136 151 140
Deaths 26 30 25 26 16 25 17 26 18
Rate 173.5 228.2 181.5 217.9 157.2 216.8 141.8 194.6 144.3
6-10 Years Patients 76 59 57 93 62 73 51 48 64
Deaths 7 11 8 12 10 3 7 5 5
Rate 99.4 221.9 159.9 145.0 189.4 42.4 156.7 113.6 83.4
11-17 Years Patients 101 98 108 112 100 102 136 122 105
Deaths 17 22 19 16 13 10 12 10 9
Rate 196.9 280.0 207.0 159.9 145.7 108.1 95.4 86.6 91.0
18-34 Years Patients 300 263 318 290 275 250 283 259 290
Deaths 54 36 49 35 32 42 40 27 44
Rate 210.4 153.7 177.5 132.7 129.6 193.4 160.4 113.5 174.4
35-49 Years Patients 1,439 1,464 1,492 1,542 1,627 1,558 1,392 1,495 1,435
Deaths 232 229 211 237 244 214 203 191 211
Rate 182.9 177.5 158.1 173.1 169.6 153.5 163.0 139.8 163.9
50-64 Years Patients 1,365 1,428 1,415 1,643 1,732 1,832 2,043 2,171 2,461
Deaths 273 289 237 261 302 288 332 344 360
Rate 234.9 239.2 192.4 180.8 201.7 179.0 183.3 178.4 162.8
65+ Years Patients 241 273 257 317 305 326 303 337 428
Deaths 53 57 60 65 72 67 77 52 85
Rate 264.8 248.8 280.4 241.3 282.9 239.7 311.9 174.0 228.5


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.