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Table 9.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 2000 to 2009

Liver Waiting List

Age This Year		Year
Age This Year		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	Patients	23,366	25,483	26,086	25,655	26,305	26,545	26,660	26,471	26,370	25,912
	Deaths	2,018	2,328	2,162	2,094	2,165	2,142	1,990	1,829	1,787	1,723
	Rate	136.2	137.9	129.9	128.7	131.3	130.2	122.4	114.4	114.2	113.1
<1 Year	Patients	162	156	137	136	138	144	147	137	115	126
	Deaths	14	18	18	19	14	15	20	8	8	7
	Rate	480.8	591.3	926.0	975.8	648.2	746.1	912.3	447.9	602.7	421.6
1-5 Years	Patients	648	765	757	711	686	699	653	643	641	552
	Deaths	56	83	64	47	48	61	56	47	40	24
	Rate	172.9	194.9	161.3	129.6	139.1	191.5	212.3	187.1	166.3	121.0
6-11 Years	Patients	359	329	338	329	326	321	335	313	300	249
	Deaths	14	15	6	10	5	10	6	6	9	7
	Rate	58.2	65.0	26.4	44.7	24.8	48.7	28.1	31.9	53.8	48.8
12-17 Years	Patients	400	456	446	378	376	351	369	344	333	274
	Deaths	15	22	14	11	13	15	19	9	9	10
	Rate	62.0	79.4	52.9	47.2	57.8	70.2	91.1	45.0	48.1	66.4
18-34 Years	Patients	1,352	1,430	1,408	1,370	1,401	1,411	1,389	1,350	1,350	1,290
	Deaths	102	90	104	92	97	86	68	65	67	71
	Rate	122.5	97.6	117.4	109.3	115.9	102.7	83.7	84.2	88.4	98.0
35-49 Years	Patients	7,628	7,785	7,428	6,628	6,215	5,815	5,350	4,877	4,546	4,248
	Deaths	594	687	550	482	441	423	326	291	245	209
	Rate	122.6	133.4	116.5	114.6	113.8	119.1	101.2	100.6	91.3	83.5
50-64 Years	Patients	10,628	12,078	12,882	13,397	14,269	14,738	15,174	15,446	15,572	15,586
	Deaths	981	1,085	1,122	1,124	1,206	1,214	1,159	1,121	1,106	1,093
	Rate	143.2	133.1	133.7	130.2	132.0	129.6	121.8	117.4	116.9	117.2
65+ Years	Patients	2,189	2,484	2,690	2,706	2,894	3,066	3,243	3,361	3,513	3,587
	Deaths	242	328	284	309	341	318	336	282	303	302
	Rate	166.5	193.1	163.4	176.4	185.3	164.3	167.6	132.8	142.0	138.4

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31,

date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

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