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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

Ethnicity/Race		Year
Ethnicity/Race		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
White	Patients	13,075	15,454	17,036	18,503	18,918	18,601	19,001	19,116	19,033	18,886
	Deaths	1,142	1,518	1,434	1,643	1,532	1,491	1,563	1,516	1,350	1,305
	Rate	153.5	165.7	134.9	136.6	126.8	125.8	130.3	127.4	114.8	113.3
African American	Patients	1,395	1,617	1,843	2,028	2,043	1,991	2,096	2,104	2,140	2,111
	Deaths	152	203	195	222	218	171	179	186	163	160
	Rate	205.8	229.5	188.2	182.0	182.4	148.5	152.2	158.5	143.0	141.7
Other/Multi-race	Patients	116	138	136	138	173	188	182	193	203	218
	Deaths	8	14	11	14	15	16	12	14	23	16
	Rate	112.6	176.4	136.2	156.7	157.2	159.0	116.7	125.1	192.9	123.1
Asian	Patients	723	879	993	1,133	1,164	1,171	1,232	1,229	1,285	1,331
	Deaths	57	76	93	107	80	81	75	73	76	65
	Rate	141.2	146.5	151.8	145.6	107.9	107.2	96.3	92.6	95.7	80.5
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	2,061	2,472	2,943	3,405	3,609	3,670	3,784	3,936	4,057	4,010
	Deaths	208	206	284	333	312	337	332	352	362	270
	Rate	183.3	138.0	159.2	156.6	136.1	143.2	137.3	141.1	144.5	108.3
Unknown	Patients	9	8	8	7	7	2	2	2	2	2
	Deaths	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

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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