Table 9.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1999 to 2008

Liver Waiting List

Patient Status		Year
Patient Status		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	20,965	23,390	25,517	26,131	25,677	26,330	26,585	26,695	26,503	26,407
	Deaths	2,018	2,019	2,325	2,161	2,094	2,164	2,141	1,991	1,822	1,782
	Rate	159.0	136.0	137.4	129.5	128.5	131.0	129.9	122.2	113.7	113.5
1	Patients	796	761	819	445	378	389	303	-	-	-
	Deaths	175	120	134	90	74	77	55	-	-	-
	Rate	4,767.9	794.9	8,481.1	6,404.1	5,084.5	2,772.7	8,800.9	-	-	-
1A	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	160	381	391	328
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	63	58	54
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,397.0	4,158.3	4,820.7	3,190.5
1B	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	6	7
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*
2A	Patients	1,306	1,375	1,534	241	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	318	313	380	71	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	8,579.7	6,174.7	4,043.3	3,701.2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2B	Patients	4,922	5,365	5,627	1,454	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	561	570	586	197	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	241.5	202.2	198.9	444.0	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Patients	11,312	12,908	13,802	7,515	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	581	602	702	336	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	68.4	60.5	62.3	190.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
MELD 6-10	Patients	-	-	-	3,020	7,283	7,201	7,253	7,376	7,434	7,430
	Deaths	-	-	-	104	233	229	224	234	227	194
	Rate	-	-	-	19.6	37.6	37.3	35.8	37.0	35.9	31.5
MELD 11-14	Patients	-	-	-	3,305	6,304	6,459	6,576	6,653	6,489	6,340
	Deaths	-	-	-	107	320	326	355	323	333	257
	Rate	-	-	-	28.0	71.1	68.6	72.8	66.6	71.3	56.8
MELD 15-20	Patients	-	-	-	3,237	4,635	4,916	5,041	5,107	4,971	4,901
	Deaths	-	-	-	250	441	477	455	414	360	385
	Rate	-	-	-	107.2	157.4	166.1	155.8	143.4	124.1	133.1
MELD 21-30	Patients	-	-	-	1,895	2,419	2,624	2,783	2,919	2,930	3,165
	Deaths	-	-	-	316	443	432	429	409	358	432
	Rate	-	-	-	668.6	805.7	746.3	731.8	733.9	605.2	664.8
MELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	909	1,102	1,336	1,388	1,311	1,385	1,437
	Deaths	-	-	-	367	398	457	440	385	365	356
	Rate	-	-	-	5,903.8	5,000.9	5,026.6	4,642.1	3,923.6	3,832.3	3,764.2
PELD <11	Patients	-	1	-	408	707	633	538	486	444	454
	Deaths	-	-	-	5	16	9	8	3	2	3
	Rate	-	*	-	12.5	38.7	24.8	28.8	11.3	7.7	11.4
PELD 11-14	Patients	-	-	-	69	98	119	112	96	92	79
	Deaths	-	-	-	1	7	4	4	4	5	1
	Rate	-	-	-	18.9	132.7	82.0	100.8	90.9	130.7	25.1
PELD 15-20	Patients	-	1	-	96	139	140	138	126	148	115
	Deaths	-	-	-	12	10	11	8	12	5	3
	Rate	-	*	-	324.9	233.7	278.4	190.9	302.3	116.0	77.1
PELD 21-30	Patients	-	1	-	110	118	117	121	133	140	137
	Deaths	-	-	-	19	19	18	19	23	21	18
	Rate	-	*	-	930.4	790.4	697.7	580.5	966.3	811.6	778.2
PELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	39	49	48	54	53	56	53
	Deaths	-	-	-	12	7	9	18	19	14	17
	Rate	-	-	-	2,529.9	1,399.0	2,346.8	5,689.3	3,094.5	2,080.0	2,820.4
HCC T1	Patients	-	-	-	161	127	69	9	13	13	9
	Deaths	-	-	-	6	2	2	-	-	1	-
	Rate	-	-	-	71.0	30.3	72.3	*	-	213.2	*
HCC T2	Patients	-	-	-	494	667	808	876	981	1,078	1,117
	Deaths	-	-	-	11	27	28	32	32	27	25
	Rate	-	-	-	75.5	135.9	120.7	112.6	106.1	73.0	60.4
Other Exceptions	Patients	-	-	-	79	172	174	192	213	228	286
	Deaths	-	-	-	2	10	10	12	14	13	14
	Rate	-	-	-	33.6	109.0	87.9	83.1	97.3	75.5	60.8
Other Status	Patients	2,629	2,978	3,735	2,654	1,479	1,297	1,040	844	698	549
	Deaths	383	414	523	255	87	75	64	55	32	23
	Rate	210.4	205.4	201.4	155.0	68.6	61.5	70.0	74.4	60.1	64.4

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31, date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

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