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

Life Support Status 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
Not on Life Support Patients 3,264 3,315 3,396 3,760 3,799 3,824 3,905 4,279 4,633
Deaths 492 530 499 527 523 493 537 534 630
Rate 169.1 181.5 165.1 156.3 153.6 142.6 152.2 136.2 149.9
On Life Support Patients 507 520 480 500 523 560 548 413 406
Deaths 187 168 146 158 189 182 169 138 114
Rate 535.1 446.9 409.5 427.5 524.4 447.0 413.7 463.7 367.6
Unknown Patients 1 22 48 9 16 - - - -
Deaths 0 4 4 2 0 - - - -
Rate * 209.9 88.9 * 0.0 - - - -


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.