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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

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		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
Female	Patients	1,670	1,676	1,644	1,589	1,781	1,870	1,863	1,988	1,868
	Deaths	301	284	259	245	276	269	298	286	226
	Rate	210.3	195.5	178.9	173.5	175.4	160.3	180.6	160.0	132.5
Male	Patients	2,667	2,708	2,808	3,103	3,259	3,580	3,804	3,848	3,754
	Deaths	414	391	445	427	478	485	541	511	421
	Rate	176.3	162.1	178.6	152.1	162.9	149.5	157.4	145.2	121.5

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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