Table 9.3

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

Liver Waiting List

Patient Status		Year
Patient Status		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	Patients	715	795	755	812	444	373	387	303	-	-
	Deaths	158	175	118	132	90	72	77	56	-	-
	Rate	4,600.5	4,788.4	809.3	9,283.3	6,502.9	4,406.5	2,791.1	9,142.7	-	-
1A	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	162	383	390
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	63	57
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,157.7	4,132.9	4,364.2
1B	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	6
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*
2A	Patients	1,025	1,297	1,339	1,469	243	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	242	318	313	359	70	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	9,129.8	8,582.3	6,220.3	4,069.0	3,685.1	-	-	-	-	-
2B	Patients	3,285	4,862	5,234	5,656	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	312	562	570	602	198	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	225.2	249.9	214.2	216.2	451.0	-	-	-	-	-
3	Patients	10,186	11,263	12,984	13,887	7,394	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	521	579	602	706	335	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	75.1	69.8	62.0	63.7	190.9	-	-	-	-	-
MELD 6-10	Patients	-	-	-	-	3,255	7,355	7,243	7,289	7,436	7,554
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	108	235	227	225	231	227
	Rate	-	-	-	-	20.7	37.8	36.7	35.7	36.1	35.4
MELD 11-14	Patients	-	-	-	-	3,387	6,367	6,499	6,609	6,717	6,557
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	112	328	324	355	326	328
	Rate	-	-	-	-	29.2	72.4	67.7	72.1	66.5	69.2
MELD 15-20	Patients	-	-	-	-	3,274	4,671	4,931	5,091	5,153	5,039
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	250	442	482	455	413	367
	Rate	-	-	-	-	106.7	156.6	166.4	154.1	141.4	124.5
MELD 21-30	Patients	-	-	-	-	1,899	2,426	2,624	2,785	2,927	2,927
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	320	440	431	427	406	356
	Rate	-	-	-	-	672.1	794.0	738.8	721.3	722.0	595.9
MELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	-	909	1,111	1,340	1,393	1,310	1,391
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	366	404	459	441	381	369
	Rate	-	-	-	-	5,811.2	4,976.7	4,968.9	4,581.2	3,827.5	3,758.4
PELD <11	Patients	-	-	1	-	410	705	631	549	495	447
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	5	16	8	8	3	3
	Rate	-	-	*	-	12.8	38.8	21.8	27.7	10.8	11.1
PELD 11-14	Patients	-	-	-	-	69	96	123	114	97	95
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	1	7	5	4	4	5
	Rate	-	-	-	-	18.8	131.4	102.4	99.0	87.7	126.0
PELD 15-20	Patients	-	-	1	-	97	143	141	139	129	152
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	12	10	11	8	12	5
	Rate	-	-	*	-	324.1	226.0	262.7	181.4	279.9	106.1
PELD 21-30	Patients	-	-	1	-	105	114	116	124	132	145
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	18	19	19	20	23	20
	Rate	-	-	*	-	871.1	814.9	761.3	616.0	961.0	768.0
PELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	-	40	51	47	53	53	54
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	13	7	8	18	19	14
	Rate	-	-	-	-	2,805.5	1,398.0	2,012.7	5,744.0	3,093.5	2,064.4
HCC T1	Patients	-	2	2	1	126	100	60	10	8	15
	Deaths	-	-	1	-	3	3	3	-	-	1
	Rate	-	*	*	*	43.4	72.6	212.8	-	*	291.2
HCC T2	Patients	-	-	-	-	257	483	685	722	808	840
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	5	15	23	25	25	21
	Rate	-	-	-	-	47.4	125.7	172.8	150.7	132.9	98.5
Other Exceptions	Patients	-	-	-	-	83	174	182	206	221	239
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	2	10	10	16	12	11
	Rate	-	-	-	-	37.1	116.5	96.5	133.2	101.0	80.6
Other Status	Patients	2,168	2,349	2,642	3,389	2,522	1,454	1,288	1,030	848	707
	Deaths	334	384	413	520	249	88	74	64	55	31
	Rate	233.0	247.2	241.8	232.8	162.6	71.8	61.9	71.5	75.3	58.6

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.