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Table 9.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1998 to 2007

Liver Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
Age This Year		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	Patients	17,379	20,568	22,959	25,214	25,914	25,623	26,297	26,580	26,720	26,558
	Deaths	1,567	2,018	2,017	2,319	2,157	2,096	2,161	2,141	1,974	1,816
	Rate	160.0	166.2	142.6	143.1	131.4	129.3	131.2	130.0	121.0	112.9
<1 Year	Patients	160	163	162	156	137	136	138	146	147	137
	Deaths	23	16	14	18	18	19	14	15	20	8
	Rate	877.9	571.5	495.9	628.6	924.6	973.0	646.0	737.6	904.7	446.9
1-5 Years	Patients	565	593	638	758	750	717	691	703	662	649
	Deaths	65	61	56	83	63	47	48	61	57	46
	Rate	250.5	223.6	183.4	206.5	160.1	127.4	136.9	189.4	211.8	180.5
6-11 Years	Patients	329	321	346	318	332	322	326	324	342	320
	Deaths	18	14	14	15	6	10	5	10	6	6
	Rate	95.8	69.5	63.1	69.1	27.7	46.7	24.9	48.0	27.4	30.7
12-17 Years	Patients	354	374	388	450	443	377	373	352	370	346
	Deaths	19	22	15	22	14	11	12	15	19	9
	Rate	97.3	99.3	65.6	84.0	54.7	47.6	53.9	69.9	91.0	45.1
18-34 Years	Patients	1,069	1,184	1,320	1,408	1,397	1,366	1,396	1,410	1,390	1,355
	Deaths	89	97	102	89	103	93	97	87	68	64
	Rate	152.3	144.2	129.5	101.2	118.7	111.5	116.8	104.3	83.7	82.5
35-49 Years	Patients	6,324	7,165	7,489	7,712	7,379	6,618	6,210	5,815	5,349	4,884
	Deaths	521	583	593	685	547	482	441	422	325	289
	Rate	144.4	137.4	128.5	138.6	117.6	115.1	114.0	118.9	100.9	99.7
50-64 Years	Patients	7,121	8,887	10,460	11,961	12,811	13,380	14,264	14,756	15,201	15,488
	Deaths	666	971	981	1,081	1,122	1,123	1,204	1,213	1,145	1,117
	Rate	163.5	181.8	149.7	137.8	135.4	130.5	131.8	129.3	120.0	116.5
65+ Years	Patients	1,457	1,881	2,156	2,451	2,665	2,707	2,899	3,074	3,259	3,379
	Deaths	166	254	242	326	284	311	340	318	334	277
	Rate	192.9	218.1	171.5	199.5	165.4	177.8	184.4	163.7	165.3	129.1

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

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.

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