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

Waiting List Status at Transplant		Year of Transplant
Waiting List Status at Transplant		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
1	Patients	475	501	553	573	456	479	497	370	-
	Deaths	126	144	145	122	117	103	95	80	-
	Rate	343.8	381.0	336.7	258.4	323.9	263.7	229.8	263.1	-
1A	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	141	379
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	70
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	314.8	217.0
1B	Patients	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	32
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6
	Rate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	266.0	211.3
2A	Patients	729	904	936	1,080	179	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	153	197	185	224	37	-	-	-	-
	Rate	248.0	261.4	233.5	243.7	239.5	-	-	-	-
2B	Patients	2,311	2,494	2,526	2,407	374	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	323	330	312	310	42	-	-	-	-
	Rate	155.9	147.2	135.7	141.4	121.8	-	-	-	-
3	Patients	745	430	360	385	76	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	84	43	31	47	4	-	-	-	-
	Rate	122.7	107.9	92.4	134.5	55.3	-	-	-	-
MELD 6-10	Patients	-	-	-	-	182	251	204	206	194
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	32	38	30	29	28
	Rate	-	-	-	-	199.7	166.9	161.4	156.2	158.6
MELD 11-14	Patients	-	-	-	-	386	498	398	319	320
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	37	57	53	34	33
	Rate	-	-	-	-	102.4	124.8	147.2	114.7	110.8
MELD 15-20	Patients	-	-	1	-	772	951	1,100	1,120	1,236
	Deaths	-	-	0	-	96	120	117	97	116
	Rate	-	-	*	-	136.2	138.1	114.5	91.6	99.9
MELD 21-30	Patients	-	-	1	-	657	1,004	1,119	1,283	1,373
	Deaths	-	-	0	-	86	160	152	194	198
	Rate	-	-	*	-	144.1	178.1	149.5	168.7	159.8
MELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	-	416	569	718	784	749
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	100	119	146	179	165
	Rate	-	-	-	-	290.9	247.9	237.4	271.7	258.3
PELD <11	Patients	-	-	-	-	82	92	79	40	61
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	3	6	3	3	2
	Rate	-	-	-	-	37.4	68.9	39.1	81.0	33.7
PELD 11-14	Patients	-	-	-	-	25	19	25	18	14
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	2
	Rate	-	-	-	-	86.6	115.7	40.2	58.7	158.3
PELD 15-20	Patients	-	-	-	-	23	26	20	29	30
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	2	1	0	3	3
	Rate	-	-	-	-	93.9	40.0	0.0	112.7	107.7
PELD 21-30	Patients	-	-	-	-	33	21	34	29	33
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	5	3	4	2	5
	Rate	-	-	-	-	164.9	161.1	126.0	72.4	169.7
PELD 30	Patients	-	-	-	-	7	7	11	15	15
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	0	3	3	3	4
	Rate	-	-	-	-	*	*	354.0	248.5	330.0
HCC T1	Patients	-	-	-	-	138	122	63	6	5
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	14	11	5	0	0
	Rate	-	-	-	-	105.5	95.9	83.0	*	*
HCC T2	Patients	-	-	-	-	627	631	756	783	894
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	65	76	92	104	113
	Rate	-	-	-	-	110.6	129.0	131.2	143.8	136.0
Other Exceptions	Patients	-	-	-	-	257	366	422	502	501
	Deaths	-	-	-	-	31	54	52	66	49
	Rate	-	-	-	-	131.6	166.0	135.3	144.2	104.9
Other Status	Patients	9	8	7	8	2	4	3	4	-
	Deaths	2	1	2	2	0	1	1	3	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-

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.