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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

Residency		Year of Transplant
Residency		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
U.S. Resident	Patients	4,161	4,230	4,291	4,377	4,631	4,990	5,399	5,610	5,792
	Deaths	678	694	665	696	662	752	747	830	789
	Rate	185.9	188.2	175.9	179.9	158.9	168.6	153.2	164.8	149.8
Nonresident Alien	Patients	81	95	91	75	61	49	50	57	44
	Deaths	7	18	10	9	11	2	7	7	5
	Rate	93.2	220.0	121.9	133.4	201.9	42.6	155.7	136.1	125.0
Unknown	Patients	27	12	2	1	-	1	-	-	-
	Deaths	3	3	0	0	-	0	-	-	-
	Rate	123.5	312.6	*	*	-	*	-	-	-

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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