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Table 9.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1999 to 2007

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation

Residency		Year of Transplant
Residency		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	Patients	4,337	4,384	4,452	4,692	5,040	5,450	5,667	5,836	5,622
	Deaths	715	675	704	672	754	754	839	797	647
	Rate	189.2	174.7	178.8	159.3	167.3	153.1	164.9	150.2	125.1
U.S. Resident	Patients	4,230	4,291	4,376	4,631	4,990	5,400	5,611	5,792	5,584
	Deaths	694	665	695	661	752	747	832	792	646
	Rate	188.2	175.9	179.6	158.7	168.6	153.1	165.2	150.4	125.8
Nonresident Alien	Patients	95	91	75	61	49	50	56	44	38
	Deaths	18	10	9	11	2	7	7	5	1
	Rate	220.0	121.9	133.4	201.9	42.6	155.7	138.8	125.0	27.0
Unknown	Patients	12	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	3	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-
	Rate	312.6	*	*	-	*	-	-	-	-

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

(-) = 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.

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