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

Waiting List Status at Transplant		Year of Transplant
Waiting List Status at Transplant		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
1	Patients	501	553	573	456	479	497	370	-	-
	Deaths	144	145	122	117	103	95	80	-	-
	Rate	381.0	336.7	258.4	323.9	263.7	229.8	263.1	-	-
1A	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	141	379	362
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	70	64
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	314.8	217.0	208.4
1B	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	32	51
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	7
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	266.0	211.3	155.6
2A	Patients	904	936	1,080	179	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	197	185	224	37	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	261.4	233.5	243.7	239.5	-	-	-	-	-
2B	Patients	2,494	2,527	2,408	374	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	330	312	309	42	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	147.2	135.7	140.9	121.8	-	-	-	-	-
3	Patients	431	360	384	76	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	43	31	47	4	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	107.6	92.4	134.9	55.3	-	-	-	-	-
MELD 6-10	Patients	-	-	-	159	231	194	180	170	161
	Deaths	-	-	-	26	35	28	24	27	15
	Rate	-	-	-	184.5	167.3	157.6	148.0	175.9	98.6
MELD 11-14	Patients	-	-	-	357	479	393	302	308	294
	Deaths	-	-	-	33	55	52	31	33	28
	Rate	-	-	-	98.9	125.5	146.1	110.4	115.3	101.7
MELD 15-20	Patients	-	1	-	752	940	1,093	1,104	1,220	1,036
	Deaths	-	0	-	92	117	116	95	115	82
	Rate	-	*	-	133.8	136.0	114.2	90.9	100.4	83.6
MELD 21-30	Patients	-	1	-	654	1,006	1,114	1,289	1,363	1,269
	Deaths	-	0	-	86	160	151	197	195	136
	Rate	-	*	-	144.8	177.8	149.1	170.7	158.4	115.7
MELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	414	564	717	775	745	778
	Deaths	-	-	-	99	118	148	176	165	146
	Rate	-	-	-	288.7	248.1	241.6	270.1	260.0	215.7
PELD <11	Patients	-	-	-	81	91	79	37	59	45
	Deaths	-	-	-	3	6	3	3	2	2
	Rate	-	-	-	37.9	69.7	39.1	88.2	34.9	45.9
PELD 11-14	Patients	-	-	-	25	19	25	18	14	12
	Deaths	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	2	1
	Rate	-	-	-	86.6	115.7	40.2	58.7	158.3	88.7
PELD 15-20	Patients	-	-	-	22	26	19	28	30	36
	Deaths	-	-	-	2	1	0	3	3	1
	Rate	-	-	-	98.5	40.0	0.0	117.1	107.7	28.3
PELD 21-30	Patients	-	-	-	33	21	35	28	33	33
	Deaths	-	-	-	5	3	5	2	5	3
	Rate	-	-	-	164.9	161.1	154.1	75.2	169.7	97.0
PELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	7	7	11	15	15	22
	Deaths	-	-	-	0	3	3	3	4	1
	Rate	-	-	-	*	*	354.0	248.5	330.0	47.6
HCC T1	Patients	-	-	-	148	126	65	8	6	4
	Deaths	-	-	-	17	12	5	0	0	1
	Rate	-	-	-	120.9	101.4	80.3	*	*	*
HCC T2	Patients	-	-	-	692	676	783	836	950	997
	Deaths	-	-	-	76	83	95	115	118	100
	Rate	-	-	-	117.7	131.4	131.0	149.6	133.5	107.3
Other Exceptions	Patients	-	-	-	261	371	422	514	512	522
	Deaths	-	-	-	31	55	51	67	52	60
	Rate	-	-	-	129.4	166.8	132.6	142.5	109.5	125.1
Other Status	Patients	7	6	7	2	4	3	4	-	-
	Deaths	1	2	2	0	1	1	3	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	-

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.