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

Donor Age 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 Year Patients 50 44 44 45 57 38 39 39 46
Deaths 12 9 8 6 15 9 5 6 6
Rate 302.4 253.8 216.2 152.3 331.8 299.0 142.2 179.0 142.2
1-5 Years Patients 144 160 157 136 127 132 115 122 133
Deaths 33 34 25 15 13 10 15 11 10
Rate 283.0 250.1 183.7 122.3 110.7 80.6 145.0 97.2 80.0
6-10 Years Patients 126 115 134 131 116 137 108 87 99
Deaths 18 27 16 28 8 22 9 11 11
Rate 160.5 291.0 132.1 259.7 72.5 182.7 88.0 140.7 121.6
11-17 Years Patients 546 539 520 468 486 452 453 471 482
Deaths 70 81 74 71 61 58 44 56 47
Rate 141.9 171.5 159.7 172.1 139.0 142.7 104.1 130.6 105.2
18-34 Years Patients 1,162 1,205 1,302 1,242 1,268 1,323 1,447 1,418 1,531
Deaths 199 157 179 152 193 202 196 181 187
Rate 197.4 145.8 154.2 135.6 172.9 172.2 149.5 140.1 133.9
35-49 Years Patients 939 944 1,031 1,131 1,110 1,123 1,163 1,302 1,374
Deaths 165 151 185 182 172 167 159 200 167
Rate 202.3 181.8 206.0 183.5 176.4 166.2 151.1 172.3 132.3
50-64 Years Patients 690 704 768 844 905 901 976 1,159 1,252
Deaths 145 138 144 176 156 157 160 206 211
Rate 251.9 228.7 218.3 248.4 197.8 199.2 186.6 202.6 190.6
65+ Years Patients 201 211 313 340 314 347 390 443 529
Deaths 60 51 58 86 57 81 84 80 112
Rate 386.4 291.8 213.7 313.1 209.8 278.4 252.0 205.9 248.6
Unknown Patients - - - 1 1 - - - -
Deaths - - - 0 0 - - - -
Rate - - - * * - - - -


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.