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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

Recipient Age at Tx		Year of Transplant
Recipient Age at Tx		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 Year	Patients	131	122	107	107	109	116	124	122	108
	Deaths	35	23	26	17	17	12	7	10	26
	Rate	349.3	228.6	303.5	182.5	179.3	113.8	58.9	87.6	300.7
1-5 Years	Patients	140	115	135	136	152	140	137	150	145
	Deaths	26	16	25	17	26	20	20	16	11
	Rate	219.7	157.2	218.7	141.8	193.2	162.7	164.1	116.8	79.6
6-11 Years	Patients	102	75	80	69	57	76	86	74	80
	Deaths	15	12	3	9	5	7	8	10	5
	Rate	165.3	187.6	38.6	147.5	94.3	99.6	100.5	151.2	65.1
12-17 Years	Patients	102	87	95	119	112	93	104	87	98
	Deaths	13	11	10	10	10	7	6	7	8
	Rate	142.7	140.9	117.0	90.6	94.8	78.9	60.6	86.1	87.1
18-34 Years	Patients	290	275	250	282	258	290	311	328	317
	Deaths	35	32	42	40	27	44	57	36	33
	Rate	132.7	129.6	193.4	161.0	113.9	174.4	214.9	120.0	112.9
35-49 Years	Patients	1,541	1,627	1,559	1,393	1,495	1,434	1,406	1,350	1,304
	Deaths	236	245	215	203	191	211	176	169	139
	Rate	172.5	170.3	154.2	162.9	139.8	164.1	137.1	137.3	113.7
50-64 Years	Patients	1,644	1,731	1,832	2,045	2,172	2,463	2,766	2,991	3,239
	Deaths	262	303	287	332	345	366	379	471	468
	Rate	181.4	202.6	178.3	183.1	178.8	165.6	150.8	176.1	160.1
65+ Years	Patients	319	305	326	302	337	428	515	565	545
	Deaths	66	73	67	77	52	87	101	118	104
	Rate	243.5	288.0	239.4	313.2	174.0	234.3	228.6	243.6	218.1

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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