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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

Hospitalized at Tx		Year of Transplant
Hospitalized 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
Not Hospitalized	Patients	2,618	2,695	2,755	2,620	3,263	3,619	3,823	3,906	4,146
	Deaths	332	313	304	303	363	457	443	442	448
	Rate	139.3	127.3	119.8	125.8	120.1	137.6	125.5	122.1	115.9
Hospitalized	Patients	640	581	467	638	717	737	821	920	883
	Deaths	107	110	87	119	120	132	127	162	148
	Rate	193.2	220.1	218.2	214.9	189.5	206.3	172.7	199.7	188.8
In Intensive Care	Patients	1,006	1,045	1,162	1,195	712	684	804	841	807
	Deaths	248	292	284	283	190	165	184	233	198
	Rate	307.3	362.9	305.9	290.0	336.4	301.4	280.9	353.9	300.5
Unknown	Patients	5	16	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	Deaths	1	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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