Table 9.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2003

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation

Previous Tx Any Organ Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Patients 3,772 3,857 3,924 4,269 4,338 4,384 4,453 4,692 5,039
Deaths 679 702 649 687 712 675 706 672 744
Rate 208.3 211.7 189.6 183.3 188.3 174.7 179.3 159.3 164.9
No Patients 3,381 3,433 3,468 3,849 3,915 3,936 4,005 4,251 4,588
Deaths 533 546 483 539 576 523 562 552 609
Rate 178.5 180.5 155.8 156.3 165.8 147.7 156.0 142.7 145.9
Yes Patients 391 424 456 420 423 448 448 441 451
Deaths 146 156 166 148 136 152 144 120 135
Rate 532.1 536.4 514.9 492.8 441.5 469.9 429.4 341.0 400.0


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

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.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.