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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

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		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
White	Patients	15,750	17,360	18,725	19,072	18,643	19,018	19,107	18,992	18,835	18,612
	Deaths	1,519	1,434	1,647	1,535	1,491	1,565	1,516	1,360	1,307	1,242
	Rate	158.7	128.6	131.2	125.0	125.2	130.1	127.4	115.9	113.9	111.7
African American	Patients	1,643	1,873	2,054	2,062	1,995	2,097	2,105	2,142	2,111	2,087
	Deaths	202	197	223	218	171	179	186	166	158	168
	Rate	219.7	181.1	175.0	179.0	147.4	151.5	158.1	145.2	139.7	153.7
Other/Multi-race	Patients	139	138	141	178	191	187	207	228	230	253
	Deaths	14	11	14	15	16	12	14	23	17	21
	Rate	175.9	130.6	146.1	153.1	154.7	112.2	115.3	181.1	126.2	146.3
Asian	Patients	900	1,016	1,149	1,180	1,176	1,240	1,234	1,286	1,327	1,334
	Deaths	76	93	107	81	80	75	73	77	65	65
	Rate	139.1	144.3	139.5	106.5	104.8	95.7	92.1	96.6	80.4	80.5
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	2,525	2,996	3,442	3,633	3,671	3,787	3,931	4,046	3,999	4,120
	Deaths	206	284	334	312	336	333	352	365	275	286
	Rate	131.7	151.6	150.4	133.9	142.2	137.8	141.4	146.2	111.0	112.8
Unknown	Patients	8	7	6	6	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Deaths	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

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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