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Table 9.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient Years at Risk, 1992 to 2001

Liver Waiting List

Blood Type		Year
Blood Type		1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total	Patients	5,789	7,047	8,394	10,475	12,734	14,947	17,807	21,063	23,561	25,746
	Deaths	519	590	678	829	998	1,187	1,421	1,821	1,763	1,978
	Rate	270.2	228.4	198.2	177.4	156.4	143.8	137.0	141.9	117.2	114.7
O	Patients	2,746	3,335	4,000	5,083	6,226	7,340	8,782	10,358	11,572	12,598
	Deaths	264	297	336	437	513	621	751	915	919	1,014
	Rate	264.4	226.5	191.5	180.6	153.3	146.0	140.8	139.6	119.8	116.6
A	Patients	2,129	2,621	3,055	3,744	4,635	5,386	6,370	7,549	8,533	9,273
	Deaths	176	189	228	254	336	384	488	645	589	681
	Rate	271.0	212.9	198.1	162.4	154.5	133.2	135.4	144.5	111.7	111.8
B	Patients	704	851	1,032	1,272	1,423	1,702	2,066	2,473	2,735	3,047
	Deaths	69	83	101	111	116	143	139	208	199	228
	Rate	308.8	262.5	244.0	202.0	174.1	162.3	121.7	143.3	118.0	115.8
AB	Patients	210	240	307	376	450	519	589	683	721	828
	Deaths	10	21	13	27	33	39	43	53	56	55
	Rate	203.3	310.1	127.5	191.1	170.2	165.1	147.8	147.2	137.3	114.4

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2002.

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 chapter 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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