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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

Ethnicity		Year
Ethnicity		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
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	536	640	901	1,261	1,384	1,693	2,099	2,469	3,002	3,479
	Deaths	39	46	70	130	106	136	180	178	246	283
	Rate	237.2	190.8	209.3	238.9	147.2	145.4	149.0	115.3	131.2	124.9
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	2,587	3,406	5,557	8,178	10,491	12,536	14,955	17,679	19,823	21,601
	Deaths	30	63	340	625	835	1,002	1,197	1,554	1,470	1,645
	Rate	37.3	55.2	183.6	191.7	167.9	149.0	139.5	146.3	117.2	114.2
Unknown	Patients	2,666	3,001	1,936	1,036	859	718	753	915	736	666
	Deaths	450	481	268	74	57	49	44	89	47	50
	Rate	472.7	400.9	217.2	85.2	82.7	82.9	75.9	133.9	75.8	87.3

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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