Table 9.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1994 to 2003

Liver Waiting List

Ethnicity		Year
		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	Patients	8,378	10,478	12,743	14,939	17,788	21,019	23,460	25,597	26,223	25,820
	Deaths	768	956	1,106	1,282	1,568	2,032	2,037	2,332	2,164	2,071
	Rate	225.3	204.5	173.2	155.5	151.6	159.0	136.3	136.6	126.9	123.6
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	907	1,278	1,408	1,733	2,175	2,596	3,074	3,538	3,739	3,768
	Deaths	77	150	118	157	208	211	291	345	326	340
	Rate	229.7	271.1	160.7	164.5	167.3	130.7	150.9	149.9	133.4	136.6
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	Patients	5,633	8,249	10,565	12,627	15,117	17,973	20,008	21,720	22,178	21,881
	Deaths	399	725	933	1,086	1,331	1,779	1,733	1,963	1,830	1,727
	Rate	210.5	218.7	185.5	160.1	153.9	165.3	136.9	135.8	127.0	122.4
Unknown	Patients	1,838	951	770	579	496	450	378	339	306	171
	Deaths	292	81	55	39	29	42	13	24	8	4
	Rate	247.9	100.5	88.4	76.8	65.0	104.1	36.5	75.5	41.2	24.6

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

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.