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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

Hospitalized at Tx		Year of Transplant
Hospitalized at Tx		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 Hospitalized	Patients	2,695	2,755	2,619	3,263	3,619	3,824	3,905	4,147	3,989
	Deaths	313	304	302	362	457	443	442	451	369
	Rate	127.3	119.8	125.4	119.8	137.6	125.4	122.1	116.7	98.5
Hospitalized	Patients	582	467	638	717	737	822	921	882	917
	Deaths	110	87	119	120	132	127	163	148	121
	Rate	219.6	218.2	214.9	189.5	206.3	172.5	200.8	189.1	145.7
In Intensive Care	Patients	1,045	1,162	1,195	712	684	804	841	807	716
	Deaths	292	284	283	190	165	184	234	198	157
	Rate	362.8	305.9	290.0	336.4	301.4	280.9	356.0	300.5	264.2
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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