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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

Cold Ischemic Time		Year of Transplant
Cold Ischemic Time		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
0-5 Hours	Patients	737	723	810	874	1,063	1,197	1,313	1,436	1,612
	Deaths	119	106	125	124	123	149	158	169	161
	Rate	183.1	164.7	174.3	157.4	125.6	135.9	131.0	127.9	106.8
6-10 Hours	Patients	2,198	2,072	2,107	2,166	2,321	2,610	2,737	2,859	3,024
	Deaths	348	313	293	301	319	361	344	423	435
	Rate	179.9	171.5	155.2	154.4	151.7	152.9	137.3	164.8	158.9
11-15 Hours	Patients	691	531	523	577	521	537	566	542	515
	Deaths	116	97	99	118	83	86	79	95	92
	Rate	192.1	212.3	223.4	242.0	179.3	181.4	155.7	196.2	203.6
16-20 Hours	Patients	89	55	73	46	64	67	40	35	48
	Deaths	15	16	13	10	10	20	11	7	6
	Rate	195.2	380.5	209.7	252.8	173.9	381.2	344.2	229.1	134.8
21+ Hours	Patients	54	31	31	21	24	29	31	32	40
	Deaths	4	11	0	1	3	1	7	2	7
	Rate	79.4	465.0	0.0	49.8	134.7	35.7	270.8	64.1	192.7
Unknown	Patients	500	925	840	769	699	600	762	763	597
	Deaths	86	172	145	151	135	137	155	141	93
	Rate	199.1	218.4	200.6	231.1	227.2	276.4	239.8	215.3	175.0

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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