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Table 9.7

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

Rates for Recipients in First Year after Liver Transplants

Recipient Age at Tx		Year
Recipient Age at Tx		1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total	Patients	5,400	5,881	6,394	6,904	7,252	7,397	7,878	8,410	8,766	9,181
	Deaths	591	641	600	633	696	630	654	747	713	652
	Rate	237.8	240.0	204.4	198.1	205.4	183.1	178.2	190.9	174.0	155.1
<1 year	Patients	55	40	56	33	47	61	67	70	62	52
	Deaths	12	7	6	4	6	7	16	6	13	3
	Rate	902.4	912.5	484.2	649.9	542.2	582.0	1,210.9	428.7	880.9	300.8
1-5 years	Patients	504	507	543	539	510	525	520	484	518	515
	Deaths	68	59	62	45	44	51	46	41	42	42
	Rate	300.1	249.1	244.3	172.5	176.1	202.1	180.6	167.7	162.6	172.2
6-10 years	Patients	132	127	142	146	139	141	170	156	137	139
	Deaths	11	6	12	4	11	15	16	10	7	8
	Rate	177.1	95.5	180.4	56.5	162.4	218.7	202.8	145.4	116.5	117.4
11-17 years	Patients	174	186	175	181	189	181	194	209	206	241
	Deaths	12	17	13	16	18	17	14	12	10	8
	Rate	148.6	182.3	162.9	203.1	204.6	201.7	153.4	118.1	101.9	68.9
18-34 years	Patients	558	552	552	539	488	544	550	535	523	575
	Deaths	53	60	55	44	34	48	29	33	40	32
	Rate	200.8	240.9	221.8	165.6	148.3	197.1	110.8	134.4	161.6	118.0
35-49 years	Patients	1,789	1,978	2,192	2,466	2,629	2,615	2,709	2,842	2,872	2,721
	Deaths	179	181	178	215	229	171	213	242	199	163
	Rate	216.0	201.3	177.0	187.9	183.3	140.3	166.9	182.6	147.0	128.8
50-64 years	Patients	1,851	2,106	2,326	2,515	2,659	2,724	3,044	3,395	3,715	4,170
	Deaths	212	252	228	252	280	257	252	316	323	309
	Rate	249.3	263.6	210.7	219.3	229.0	202.6	177.7	200.4	187.0	163.6
65+ years	Patients	337	385	408	485	591	606	624	719	733	768
	Deaths	44	59	46	53	74	64	68	87	79	87
	Rate	276.4	356.1	245.9	240.5	273.8	219.5	246.6	259.0	233.1	256.3

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

Includes patients with a functioning transplant (placed during the previous 1-year period) at any time
during the calendar year. Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or 1-year
anniversary of the transplant, and is limited to time during each calendar year. See Technical Notes chapter for further
details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.

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