Table 9.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1996 to 2004

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Patients 3,858 3,922 4,269 4,338 4,384 4,453 4,691 5,041 5,446
Deaths 702 648 689 716 675 706 672 751 751
Rate 211.7 189.4 183.9 189.4 174.7 179.3 159.3 166.5 152.6
O Patients 1,631 1,621 1,837 1,810 1,815 1,756 1,982 2,209 2,348
Deaths 317 274 301 316 276 278 300 354 310
Rate 229.9 194.9 187.5 202.2 172.3 178.7 169.5 180.6 145.6
A Patients 1,601 1,587 1,685 1,756 1,764 1,885 1,832 1,885 2,028
Deaths 267 257 268 279 281 307 238 263 292
Rate 190.8 184.8 180.4 181.3 181.4 185.3 142.9 154.5 160.1
B Patients 442 503 551 552 589 595 612 686 794
Deaths 79 88 94 91 96 94 97 89 111
Rate 205.8 201.1 196.0 188.5 186.9 178.5 178.5 143.2 154.6
AB Patients 184 211 196 220 216 217 265 261 276
Deaths 39 29 26 30 22 27 37 45 38
Rate 253.2 154.5 146.8 153.6 110.5 136.1 155.0 198.9 152.6


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(-) = None in category.

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

Multi-organ transplants are excluded.

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.