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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

Life Support Status		Year of Transplant
Life Support Status		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
Not on Life Support	Patients	3,799	3,824	3,903	4,275	4,617	5,045	5,231	5,441	5,278
	Deaths	526	493	534	530	631	636	694	685	546
	Rate	154.5	142.6	151.3	135.2	150.7	137.8	145.5	137.1	111.2
On Life Support	Patients	523	560	549	417	423	405	436	395	344
	Deaths	189	182	170	142	123	118	145	112	101
	Rate	524.2	446.9	415.9	474.9	385.3	382.1	454.9	361.5	384.9
Unknown	Patients	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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