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Table 9.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1998 to 2006

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation

Blood Type		Year of Transplant
Blood Type		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	Patients	4,269	4,337	4,384	4,453	4,692	5,040	5,449	5,667	5,836
	Deaths	688	715	675	705	673	754	754	837	794
	Rate	183.6	189.2	174.7	179.0	159.5	167.3	153.2	164.5	149.6
A	Patients	1,686	1,755	1,764	1,885	1,831	1,885	2,028	2,135	2,156
	Deaths	267	279	281	306	237	263	292	315	287
	Rate	179.6	181.5	181.3	184.6	142.3	154.4	160.2	164.1	145.5
AB	Patients	196	220	216	217	265	261	276	290	325
	Deaths	26	30	22	27	37	45	38	35	38
	Rate	146.8	153.6	110.5	136.1	155.0	198.9	152.6	130.7	129.0
B	Patients	551	552	589	595	612	686	796	705	755
	Deaths	94	90	96	94	97	90	112	113	106
	Rate	196.0	186.0	186.9	178.5	178.5	144.9	155.7	180.2	155.4
O	Patients	1,836	1,810	1,815	1,756	1,984	2,208	2,349	2,537	2,600
	Deaths	301	316	276	278	302	356	312	374	363
	Rate	187.7	202.2	172.3	178.7	170.4	181.9	146.4	164.4	153.9

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

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.

Multi-organ transplants are excluded.

Includes patients transplanted during the year and having reported data one-year after transplant.

Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or one-year anniversary of the transplant. See Technical Notes for further details.

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