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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

Gender		Year of Transplant
Gender		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
Female	Patients	1,683	1,670	1,676	1,645	1,589	1,781	1,870	1,862	1,987
	Deaths	292	301	284	260	245	276	269	297	284
	Rate	200.2	210.3	195.5	179.6	173.5	175.4	160.3	180.1	158.9
Male	Patients	2,586	2,667	2,708	2,808	3,103	3,259	3,579	3,805	3,849
	Deaths	396	414	391	445	428	478	485	540	510
	Rate	173.0	176.3	162.1	178.6	152.5	162.9	149.5	157.0	144.8

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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