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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

Life Support Status		Year of Transplant
Life Support Status		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
Not on Life Support	Patients	3,760	3,798	3,824	3,904	4,276	4,620	5,048	5,234	5,444
	Deaths	528	526	493	535	531	633	636	693	684
	Rate	156.6	154.6	142.6	151.6	135.4	151.1	137.7	145.2	136.8
On Life Support	Patients	500	523	560	549	416	420	400	433	392
	Deaths	158	189	182	170	142	121	118	144	110
	Rate	427.5	524.3	446.9	415.9	476.5	380.6	388.4	454.7	357.2
Unknown	Patients	9	16	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	Deaths	2	0	-	-	-	-	0	-	-
	Rate	*	0.0	-	-	-	-	*	-	-

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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