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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

Ethnicity/Race		Year of Transplant
Ethnicity/Race		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
White	Patients	3,197	3,288	3,265	3,297	3,396	3,666	3,935	4,092	4,140
	Deaths	512	531	476	541	478	543	535	595	571
	Rate	182.3	184.7	163.9	186.6	156.3	165.4	150.0	161.3	151.7
African American	Patients	394	376	386	387	438	479	535	530	613
	Deaths	70	75	83	57	60	97	87	91	92
	Rate	204.3	235.6	257.4	163.7	151.0	235.7	183.4	194.4	166.3
Other/Multi-race	Patients	25	31	35	23	27	48	43	57	45
	Deaths	5	5	6	5	7	2	6	10	9
	Rate	236.6	176.8	199.7	267.2	318.8	43.3	150.3	205.5	227.7
Asian	Patients	171	170	144	186	231	210	270	258	253
	Deaths	30	28	24	28	32	26	33	43	22
	Rate	201.4	188.0	192.3	168.1	154.6	134.5	135.6	191.0	92.9
Hispanic/Latino	Patients	482	472	554	560	600	637	666	730	785
	Deaths	71	76	86	74	96	86	93	98	100
	Rate	166.7	185.9	177.9	146.2	179.4	149.9	155.5	148.8	139.9

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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