Table 9.3

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

Liver Waiting List

Primary Diagnosis (Collected for listings after 1994)		Year
Primary Diagnosis (Collected for listings after 1994)		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
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis	Patients	10,881	13,019	14,670	16,188	16,430	16,154	16,788	17,196	17,363	17,428
	Deaths	988	1,306	1,354	1,547	1,353	1,327	1,417	1,438	1,284	1,210
	Rate	158.0	166.0	145.9	146.1	125.8	123.9	129.2	129.2	115.2	108.7
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis	Patients	1,909	2,164	2,320	2,439	2,522	2,467	2,445	2,410	2,403	2,326
	Deaths	131	177	164	180	165	140	146	132	132	122
	Rate	108.1	126.7	106.0	104.7	95.3	81.4	85.8	80.0	80.5	79.3
Acute Hepatic Necrosis	Patients	1,058	1,263	1,408	1,491	1,541	1,454	1,455	1,403	1,307	1,254
	Deaths	146	170	143	156	178	148	149	129	131	103
	Rate	324.1	283.1	201.2	185.3	216.5	186.4	192.6	178.2	190.4	159.6
Biliary Atresia	Patients	480	523	546	601	623	599	597	593	557	557
	Deaths	22	22	23	33	23	16	11	18	21	14
	Rate	87.7	76.9	72.3	87.2	60.5	40.9	28.8	49.2	61.5	43.5
Metabolic Diseases	Patients	413	438	467	504	495	480	476	506	506	461
	Deaths	36	33	34	28	40	38	44	36	38	29
	Rate	165.9	138.2	125.6	91.3	132.9	143.3	165.6	127.9	145.7	115.8
Malignant Neoplasms	Patients	220	300	335	415	502	501	608	694	800	916
	Deaths	20	27	26	43	45	32	29	28	28	33
	Rate	180.0	177.6	140.5	180.6	196.6	151.9	129.8	119.9	114.2	108.8
Other	Patients	1,835	2,265	2,613	2,976	3,201	3,399	3,400	3,257	3,304	3,165
	Deaths	155	216	231	281	300	335	318	304	291	259
	Rate	158.5	172.3	156.1	160.5	163.5	185.5	170.5	168.4	167.0	154.5
Not Collected	Patients	51	48	48	45	46	40	39	38	34	34
	Deaths	3	3	4	4	1	1	1	1	-	1
	Rate	63.5	67.6	91.8	94.4	24.8	25.5	26.6	27.9	-	29.9
Unknown	Patients	532	548	552	555	554	529	489	483	446	417
	Deaths	66	64	38	47	52	59	46	55	49	45
	Rate	239.2	209.2	120.8	138.2	166.4	213.0	176.4	224.8	221.7	248.3

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.