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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

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		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
A	Patients	7,529	8,489	9,208	9,343	9,205	9,610	9,792	9,825	9,807	9,773
	Deaths	715	666	803	725	739	778	798	711	686	706
	Rate	161.5	127.7	133.9	123.5	127.3	129.8	132.4	119.5	115.9	122.1
AB	Patients	677	716	821	850	804	798	811	857	827	736
	Deaths	63	65	59	53	66	54	41	41	43	38
	Rate	177.4	161.9	125.3	114.9	149.7	129.3	97.7	96.4	104.4	101.6
B	Patients	2,462	2,708	3,012	3,069	3,034	3,107	3,073	3,100	3,134	3,206
	Deaths	234	238	276	273	230	223	223	217	191	174
	Rate	163.3	143.4	143.4	143.9	123.4	120.4	119.1	117.4	102.1	93.7
O	Patients	10,297	11,477	12,476	12,869	12,634	12,815	12,909	12,913	12,735	12,692
	Deaths	1,006	1,050	1,187	1,110	1,059	1,109	1,079	1,022	902	864
	Rate	155.4	138.8	139.1	131.3	129.4	134.4	132.1	126.6	115.2	112.5

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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