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Table 9.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1999 to 2008

Liver Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
Age This Year		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	20,965	23,390	25,517	26,131	25,677	26,330	26,585	26,695	26,503	26,407
	Deaths	2,018	2,019	2,325	2,161	2,094	2,164	2,141	1,991	1,822	1,782
	Rate	159.0	136.0	137.4	129.5	128.5	131.0	129.9	122.2	113.7	113.5
<1 Year	Patients	163	162	156	137	136	138	144	147	137	115
	Deaths	16	14	18	18	19	14	15	20	8	8
	Rate	562.3	480.8	591.3	925.1	973.6	646.3	744.8	910.3	447.2	600.9
1-5 Years	Patients	605	649	767	761	716	691	701	655	643	641
	Deaths	61	56	83	63	47	48	61	56	46	40
	Rate	212.3	172.1	193.5	157.4	127.9	137.5	190.5	211.9	182.9	166.2
6-11 Years	Patients	337	359	329	339	329	326	324	339	316	303
	Deaths	14	14	15	6	10	5	10	6	6	8
	Rate	63.7	58.2	65.0	26.3	44.7	24.6	48.0	27.6	31.4	47.0
12-17 Years	Patients	387	401	457	447	378	376	353	369	344	333
	Deaths	22	15	22	14	11	13	15	19	9	9
	Rate	91.9	61.7	79.1	52.8	47.1	57.7	69.6	91.1	45.0	48.1
18-34 Years	Patients	1,216	1,353	1,431	1,409	1,372	1,403	1,413	1,391	1,352	1,353
	Deaths	97	102	89	104	92	97	86	68	64	68
	Rate	135.3	122.1	96.3	117.0	109.1	115.7	102.5	83.4	82.7	89.3
35-49 Years	Patients	7,296	7,632	7,794	7,440	6,631	6,221	5,822	5,354	4,884	4,551
	Deaths	582	594	686	550	482	441	422	326	292	245
	Rate	131.3	122.5	133.0	116.3	114.4	113.6	118.6	101.0	100.7	91.1
50-64 Years	Patients	9,047	10,641	12,095	12,901	13,405	14,277	14,755	15,189	15,458	15,586
	Deaths	972	981	1,084	1,122	1,123	1,205	1,214	1,160	1,117	1,101
	Rate	174.9	142.9	132.7	133.4	129.9	131.6	129.4	121.7	116.8	116.1
65+ Years	Patients	1,914	2,193	2,488	2,697	2,710	2,898	3,073	3,251	3,369	3,525
	Deaths	254	243	328	284	310	341	318	336	280	303
	Rate	210.1	166.8	192.6	162.9	176.6	184.8	163.9	167.0	131.2	141.1

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31, date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.

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