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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

Age This Year		Year
Age This Year		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
<1 year	Patients	115	104	123	101	120	127	162	168	171	160
	Deaths	14	11	13	16	8	18	20	16	13	18
	Rate	779.3	610.5	613.3	982.5	365.8	872.1	747.3	515.7	394.7	571.9
1-5 years	Patients	446	521	587	559	563	613	603	631	673	801
	Deaths	44	56	57	49	45	61	61	59	49	74
	Rate	251.3	269.6	254.3	200.6	174.4	217.1	209.3	193.5	142.9	161.5
6-10 years	Patients	169	218	190	221	241	268	300	303	317	282
	Deaths	8	13	8	4	12	9	15	7	12	8
	Rate	99.7	149.7	80.5	33.4	82.7	55.5	82.0	34.9	56.7	39.7
11-17 years	Patients	186	214	246	286	331	377	424	435	477	527
	Deaths	7	12	14	14	13	19	20	20	14	20
	Rate	108.7	160.1	134.9	103.7	75.4	90.1	81.7	73.5	48.0	60.2
18-34 years	Patients	616	653	790	866	922	1,072	1,099	1,216	1,361	1,447
	Deaths	69	54	67	75	64	81	83	91	94	77
	Rate	377.0	227.6	208.2	191.7	138.7	142.3	131.5	125.6	111.1	82.1
35-49 years	Patients	1,911	2,400	2,999	3,879	4,771	5,570	6,454	7,310	7,651	7,820
	Deaths	144	186	210	274	345	389	466	527	524	590
	Rate	226.7	211.0	171.8	155.5	142.4	123.8	122.4	118.1	107.2	113.1
50-64 years	Patients	1,983	2,494	2,918	3,812	4,815	5,769	7,278	9,078	10,704	12,193
	Deaths	200	213	248	310	411	494	607	875	853	914
	Rate	313.4	237.3	209.4	183.7	168.8	152.7	141.6	156.0	122.8	109.9
65+ years	Patients	363	443	541	751	971	1,151	1,487	1,922	2,207	2,516
	Deaths	33	45	61	87	100	116	149	226	204	277
	Rate	260.7	251.2	250.5	273.2	215.1	183.8	165.3	184.7	138.1	158.9

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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