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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

Cold Ischemic Time		Year of Transplant
Cold Ischemic Time		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
0-5 Hours	Patients	723	810	874	1,063	1,197	1,315	1,438	1,621	1,666
	Deaths	106	125	124	123	149	158	170	166	159
	Rate	164.6	174.3	157.4	125.6	135.9	130.8	128.4	109.6	102.0
6-10 Hours	Patients	2,073	2,107	2,166	2,321	2,610	2,737	2,864	3,029	3,013
	Deaths	313	293	301	319	361	344	424	436	361
	Rate	171.4	155.1	154.4	151.7	152.9	137.3	165.0	159.0	130.6
11-15 Hours	Patients	531	523	577	521	537	566	543	517	431
	Deaths	97	99	118	83	86	79	96	92	53
	Rate	212.3	223.4	242.0	179.3	181.4	155.7	198.0	202.7	136.3
16-20 Hours	Patients	55	73	46	64	67	40	35	48	35
	Deaths	16	13	10	10	20	11	7	6	8
	Rate	380.5	209.7	252.8	173.9	381.2	344.2	229.1	134.8	255.3
21+ Hours	Patients	31	31	21	24	29	31	32	40	31
	Deaths	11	0	1	3	1	7	2	7	2
	Rate	465.0	0.0	49.8	134.7	35.7	270.8	64.1	192.7	68.1
Unknown	Patients	924	840	768	699	600	761	755	581	446
	Deaths	172	145	150	134	137	155	140	90	64
	Rate	218.6	200.7	229.6	225.4	276.4	240.2	216.4	174.3	161.4

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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