Table 9.3

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

Liver Waiting List

Primary Diagnosis		Year
Primary Diagnosis		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
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis	Patients	13,232	14,898	16,320	16,497	16,125	16,753	17,110	17,250	17,273	17,394
	Deaths	1,307	1,355	1,552	1,356	1,327	1,419	1,439	1,296	1,221	1,188
	Rate	159.7	139.8	141.1	124.6	123.9	129.7	129.9	117.2	111.0	109.0
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis	Patients	2,206	2,371	2,469	2,539	2,475	2,452	2,406	2,395	2,315	2,212
	Deaths	177	164	180	165	140	146	132	136	124	118
	Rate	121.7	101.5	101.0	93.6	80.7	85.6	80.2	83.4	81.4	80.8
Acute Hepatic Necrosis	Patients	1,262	1,407	1,485	1,532	1,435	1,431	1,388	1,289	1,249	1,122
	Deaths	170	142	156	178	148	149	127	133	104	82
	Rate	277.8	194.3	181.5	217.3	189.1	194.8	177.1	195.7	163.4	145.4
Biliary Atresia	Patients	539	562	612	629	603	598	591	550	552	538
	Deaths	22	23	33	23	16	11	18	20	14	16
	Rate	71.3	66.9	82.2	58.7	40.2	28.7	49.3	58.9	44.2	54.3
Metabolic Diseases	Patients	443	473	509	498	479	475	505	498	454	483
	Deaths	33	34	28	40	38	44	36	38	29	33
	Rate	132.8	119.5	86.9	130.3	142.4	165.1	127.9	148.0	118.2	137.3
Malignant Neoplasms	Patients	306	340	423	512	509	619	720	823	931	1,212
	Deaths	27	26	43	45	31	29	28	28	33	52
	Rate	169.1	132.2	170.2	189.4	142.2	124.6	112.1	107.5	103.9	131.1
Other	Patients	2,338	2,695	3,054	3,270	3,445	3,435	3,311	3,378	3,244	3,010
	Deaths	215	233	282	301	334	319	305	290	256	249
	Rate	161.8	147.7	150.7	159.0	180.8	167.5	165.1	161.5	146.6	155.1
Not Collected	Patients	58	54	50	46	40	39	38	34	34	33
	Deaths	3	4	4	1	1	1	1	-	1	1
	Rate	53.9	78.7	84.4	24.0	25.5	26.6	27.9	-	29.9	31.3
Unknown	Patients	581	590	595	608	566	528	516	478	451	403
	Deaths	64	38	47	52	59	46	55	50	40	43
	Rate	190.1	107.6	122.8	150.1	193.4	161.5	207.8	209.8	194.8	209.8

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.