Table 9.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1999 to 2008

Liver Waiting List

Waitlist Center State		Year
Waitlist Center State		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	Patients	20,965	23,390	25,517	26,131	25,677	26,330	26,585	26,695	26,503	26,407
	Deaths	2,018	2,019	2,325	2,161	2,094	2,164	2,141	1,991	1,822	1,782
	Rate	159.0	136.0	137.4	129.5	128.5	131.0	129.9	122.2	113.7	113.5
Alabama	Patients	339	364	396	320	259	249	217	188	205	205
	Deaths	37	36	54	41	22	29	23	12	9	18
	Rate	217.9	169.2	226.5	186.5	139.8	209.1	204.9	128.8	115.8	228.5
Arkansas	Patients	3	3	3	3	5	8	25	46	54	57
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	97.6	58.5	100.8	-
Arizona	Patients	201	235	291	321	383	388	462	511	566	576
	Deaths	15	18	24	23	43	26	30	39	35	28
	Rate	121.3	128.7	127.4	112.6	215.7	112.4	110.5	129.6	108.9	80.9
California	Patients	3,934	4,387	4,952	5,194	5,175	5,171	5,094	5,100	5,125	5,085
	Deaths	349	357	442	387	436	384	432	410	319	308
	Rate	132.6	118.4	127.6	108.8	121.5	105.8	121.3	118.0	91.8	89.4
Colorado	Patients	357	415	524	607	627	656	619	617	641	638
	Deaths	13	25	34	24	41	57	41	37	34	38
	Rate	53.2	88.6	92.2	57.5	88.5	117.6	91.0	80.7	73.0	86.2
Connecticut	Patients	154	149	139	104	115	123	117	106	118	178
	Deaths	23	26	16	11	16	16	12	7	10	8
	Rate	241.1	301.6	187.6	193.2	248.6	253.0	191.4	130.5	177.7	106.6
District of Columbia	Patients	175	205	274	336	395	419	398	370	350	279
	Deaths	14	16	17	28	35	48	37	24	31	21
	Rate	128.1	119.8	92.9	123.7	131.7	162.8	137.7	99.3	143.0	130.5
Delaware	Patients	22	40	67	82	54	50	49	38	35	34
	Deaths	-	1	2	3	-	3	2	-	-	-
	Rate	-	35.0	43.6	68.0	-	80.8	69.6	-	-	-
Florida	Patients	1,215	1,373	1,513	1,477	1,326	1,337	1,301	1,229	1,217	1,128
	Deaths	84	91	95	96	74	87	86	89	68	63
	Rate	139.1	126.6	118.2	128.8	113.5	145.6	147.8	163.4	141.9	140.5
Georgia	Patients	177	218	270	316	368	437	457	505	495	455
	Deaths	19	26	17	21	37	37	29	16	19	12
	Rate	333.4	292.1	129.2	123.0	184.8	164.5	117.0	58.5	73.6	54.8
Hawaii	Patients	36	44	43	46	45	49	52	56	63	70
	Deaths	3	5	6	4	5	7	3	3	5	3
	Rate	142.9	200.7	236.7	143.5	196.6	250.7	99.3	78.5	123.6	70.3
Iowa	Patients	75	90	82	82	72	69	84	83	95	107
	Deaths	3	7	6	3	6	7	11	4	8	11
	Rate	92.6	215.9	177.1	90.4	202.0	179.5	259.7	83.0	134.6	167.2
Illinois	Patients	1,581	1,696	1,751	1,727	1,538	1,448	1,367	1,254	1,187	1,179
	Deaths	156	137	134	129	114	113	102	93	85	82
	Rate	140.0	109.6	99.4	105.2	108.7	116.1	112.3	120.2	111.3	119.6
Indiana	Patients	274	311	320	314	281	275	293	265	257	213
	Deaths	26	28	30	17	14	19	22	23	22	14
	Rate	150.8	138.6	140.5	103.6	157.9	246.7	282.7	286.7	306.2	271.2
Kansas	Patients	60	56	58	54	64	79	117	115	125	164
	Deaths	3	4	4	2	7	7	12	9	7	9
	Rate	175.3	241.0	215.0	96.3	319.3	211.2	247.9	196.1	140.1	179.0
Kentucky	Patients	131	155	155	189	190	228	236	261	272	273
	Deaths	10	25	14	12	16	19	10	15	21	21
	Rate	159.7	361.4	181.0	119.4	163.8	174.5	79.9	105.6	142.8	136.4
Louisiana	Patients	293	316	366	380	401	423	369	321	347	323
	Deaths	23	23	23	30	29	25	23	15	22	30
	Rate	167.6	130.3	119.4	146.6	157.1	133.4	129.1	101.4	156.7	217.2
Massachusetts	Patients	1,102	1,275	1,277	1,291	1,217	1,188	1,269	1,273	1,199	1,218
	Deaths	115	124	103	121	94	115	100	99	95	96
	Rate	145.0	135.8	104.0	130.1	107.3	129.0	107.1	108.0	109.6	114.7
Maryland	Patients	519	547	550	558	590	616	619	598	609	607
	Deaths	60	59	55	40	53	50	47	57	70	45
	Rate	166.6	155.8	135.2	104.3	130.9	113.5	107.3	135.3	169.3	107.0
Michigan	Patients	519	547	624	596	571	624	634	641	620	659
	Deaths	64	51	54	51	35	38	46	34	47	70
	Rate	202.8	144.3	134.2	133.1	98.5	102.7	124.4	86.6	123.0	225.2
Minnesota	Patients	485	658	717	751	755	772	824	825	797	782
	Deaths	48	66	69	54	46	50	52	62	56	43
	Rate	196.7	180.1	149.3	101.7	87.7	91.5	95.4	113.3	104.1	83.8
Missouri	Patients	425	402	432	414	373	393	374	375	354	338
	Deaths	45	33	37	47	36	35	26	23	29	23
	Rate	198.9	135.9	135.3	191.9	172.9	171.8	142.0	133.2	193.9	151.2
North Carolina	Patients	631	799	846	873	865	847	829	789	714	669
	Deaths	41	60	79	62	75	77	68	69	49	46
	Rate	108.6	114.3	127.9	106.8	118.8	124.8	112.6	126.1	98.0	110.6
Nebraska	Patients	284	291	273	251	242	260	268	306	290	292
	Deaths	32	27	38	33	27	24	26	31	25	30
	Rate	219.9	185.0	290.4	265.8	234.9	191.3	211.7	223.1	170.9	194.8
New Jersey	Patients	189	228	260	281	294	316	330	318	322	279
	Deaths	9	15	23	31	19	25	27	17	21	9
	Rate	99.8	132.8	159.1	219.4	118.3	138.4	138.6	80.1	100.9	47.7
New Mexico	Patients	41	24	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	12	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	665.6	644.5	110.4	*	*	-	-	-	-	-
New York	Patients	1,987	2,305	2,670	2,722	2,708	2,841	2,952	3,024	2,750	2,710
	Deaths	227	211	324	303	286	299	276	263	191	226
	Rate	175.7	136.5	172.6	160.3	149.4	156.6	141.0	138.3	105.4	119.8
Ohio	Patients	568	598	584	552	532	548	613	677	737	728
	Deaths	71	62	64	65	48	39	55	37	51	39
	Rate	244.9	191.2	202.9	217.9	185.1	162.9	216.5	118.8	140.2	109.2
Oklahoma	Patients	131	141	177	174	187	178	194	218	236	255
	Deaths	10	4	13	12	13	11	17	10	16	15
	Rate	147.7	50.0	140.5	111.7	123.0	103.6	160.1	79.1	111.6	96.0
Oregon	Patients	245	255	223	241	238	234	244	243	226	216
	Deaths	18	30	23	20	12	17	9	9	14	10
	Rate	109.9	179.8	146.7	127.0	78.7	110.8	60.2	63.6	106.6	79.2
Pennsylvania	Patients	2,059	2,170	2,225	2,289	2,199	2,316	2,255	2,236	2,310	2,311
	Deaths	195	194	188	174	183	209	197	181	176	163
	Rate	150.3	131.2	118.0	123.4	131.5	147.0	144.6	131.7	127.5	127.8
South Carolina	Patients	145	160	166	148	121	122	116	115	102	107
	Deaths	17	20	16	15	10	12	8	11	7	5
	Rate	294.6	271.3	207.7	183.6	138.3	198.6	171.9	318.0	227.7	166.9
South Dakota	Patients	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tennessee	Patients	322	383	408	438	434	458	465	490	512	523
	Deaths	44	38	33	43	31	30	39	31	34	29
	Rate	290.7	198.1	130.8	166.9	116.1	103.2	132.7	116.1	133.1	111.5
Texas	Patients	1,195	1,424	1,680	1,769	1,825	1,921	2,002	2,143	2,220	2,389
	Deaths	115	110	177	150	160	147	161	162	149	163
	Rate	191.2	135.5	175.9	137.3	148.2	132.0	133.1	125.7	114.9	113.6
Utah	Patients	114	115	125	132	130	128	139	180	198	212
	Deaths	7	9	10	4	8	6	14	17	28	17
	Rate	131.0	149.2	133.5	59.0	110.5	89.7	252.2	207.9	267.9	143.8
Virginia	Patients	397	402	467	469	461	468	431	410	378	395
	Deaths	65	38	57	68	40	62	50	37	31	38
	Rate	288.8	161.5	203.0	241.8	146.9	216.2	190.2	153.2	142.9	188.4
Vermont	Patients	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	-	*	*	-	*	-	-	-	-	-
Washington	Patients	308	320	280	257	266	329	395	393	392	348
	Deaths	28	15	22	13	9	13	29	19	16	19
	Rate	149.3	79.5	132.5	101.6	72.0	91.2	152.8	88.4	76.3	91.8
Wisconsin	Patients	271	287	318	364	361	362	375	376	385	405
	Deaths	17	20	21	24	14	21	18	25	20	30
	Rate	139.2	131.4	124.0	144.9	76.8	107.8	90.5	121.3	94.6	151.4

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

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.