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

Waiting List Status at Transplant 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
1 Patients 807 738 476 503 554 575 456 479 497
Deaths 221 190 127 144 145 123 117 101 95
Rate 356.7 326.3 346.2 379.0 336.0 259.7 323.9 257.4 229.5
2 Patients 1,130 719 - - - - - - -
Deaths 236 131 - - - - - - -
Rate 247.4 212.3 - - - - - - -
2A Patients - 192 731 904 936 1,080 179 - -
Deaths - 35 154 196 185 224 36 - -
Rate - 209.2 248.9 259.8 233.5 243.7 233.1 - -
2B Patients - 551 2,309 2,494 2,526 2,408 374 - -
Deaths - 99 323 332 312 310 42 - -
Rate - 207.4 156.0 148.2 135.7 141.4 121.8 - -
3 Patients 1,858 1,702 745 431 361 384 76 - -
Deaths 233 186 84 43 31 47 4 - -
Rate 137.8 119.0 122.7 107.6 92.1 134.9 55.3 - -
4 Patients 31 - - - - - - - -
Deaths 1 - - - - - - - -
Rate 33.3 - - - - - - - -
MELD 6-10 Patients - - - - - - 164 244 203
Deaths - - - - - - 28 37 30
Rate - - - - - - 192.6 167.3 162.0
MELD 11-20 Patients - - - - 1 - 1,122 1,434 1,500
Deaths - - - - 0 - 126 176 171
Rate - - - - * - 121.9 134.1 123.7
MELD 21-30 Patients - - - - 1 - 653 1,008 1,119
Deaths - - - - 0 - 85 162 151
Rate - - - - * - 143.1 179.9 148.3
MELD 30 Patients - - - - - - 416 572 722
Deaths - - - - - - 101 117 149
Rate - - - - - - 294.3 241.7 241.9
PELD <11 Patients - - - - - - 80 93 81
Deaths - - - - - - 3 6 3
Rate - - - - - - 38.4 68.1 38.1
PELD 11-20 Patients - - - - - - 48 45 45
Deaths - - - - - - 4 3 1
Rate - - - - - - 90.1 70.9 22.3
PELD 21-30 Patients - - - - - - 33 21 36
Deaths - - - - - - 5 3 5
Rate - - - - - - 164.9 161.1 149.5
PELD 30 Patients - - - - - - 7 7 10
Deaths - - - - - - 0 3 3
Rate - - - - - - * * 401.4
HCC T1 Patients - - - - - - 140 119 63
Deaths - - - - - - 14 11 5
Rate - - - - - - 104.0 98.2 83.0
HCC T2 Patients - - - - - - 682 650 756
Deaths - - - - - - 75 76 88
Rate - - - - - - 117.9 124.8 125.2
Other Exceptions Patients - - - - - - 259 365 411
Deaths - - - - - - 32 55 49
Rate - - - - - - 135.3 170.1 130.9
Other Status Patients 32 20 8 6 5 6 2 4 3
Deaths 11 7 1 1 2 2 0 1 1
Rate 505.9 475.8 * * * * * * *


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.