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

Residency		Year of Transplant
Residency		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
U.S. Resident	Patients	3,728	3,803	4,161	4,231	4,291	4,377	4,630	4,991	5,396
	Deaths	668	623	679	695	665	697	661	749	744
	Rate	207.9	187.5	186.1	188.4	175.9	180.1	158.8	167.8	152.6
Nonresident Alien	Patients	78	90	81	95	91	75	61	49	50
	Deaths	16	16	7	18	10	9	11	2	7
	Rate	239.7	207.3	93.2	220.0	121.9	133.4	201.9	42.6	155.7
Unknown	Patients	52	29	27	12	2	1	-	1	-
	Deaths	18	9	3	3	0	0	-	0	-
	Rate	487.3	413.6	123.5	312.6	*	*	-	*	-

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.