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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

Patient Status 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 Patients 761 819 444 378 390 304 - - - -
Deaths 119 134 90 75 78 57 - - - -
Rate 715.5 8,482.5 6,404.1 5,494.4 3,096.5 9,484.6 - - - -
1A Patients - - - - - 160 381 390 327 335
Deaths - - - - - 18 62 58 53 58
Rate - - - - - 5,397.0 3,849.9 4,849.9 2,761.0 8,021.8
1B Patients - - - - - 1 3 6 7 5
Deaths - - - - - - 1 1 - 1
Rate - - - - - * * * * *
2A Patients 1,374 1,533 241 - - - - - - -
Deaths 312 379 71 - - - - - - -
Rate 6,159.3 4,033.5 3,701.8 - - - - - - -
2B Patients 5,364 5,625 1,459 - - - - - - -
Deaths 572 588 197 - - - - - - -
Rate 203.1 199.6 444.8 - - - - - - -
3 Patients 12,899 13,790 7,499 - - - - - - -
Deaths 601 704 336 - - - - - - -
Rate 60.5 62.6 190.3 - - - - - - -
MELD 6-10 Patients - - 3,017 7,283 7,200 7,249 7,373 7,438 7,433 6,973
Deaths - - 103 233 230 224 235 229 200 181
Rate - - 19.4 37.6 37.5 35.8 37.2 36.3 32.6 31.5
MELD 11-14 Patients - - 3,305 6,307 6,459 6,577 6,648 6,486 6,339 6,260
Deaths - - 107 321 326 355 323 334 259 263
Rate - - 28.0 71.4 68.7 72.9 66.6 71.6 57.4 58.6
MELD 15-20 Patients - - 3,236 4,639 4,915 5,040 5,105 4,971 4,898 4,916
Deaths - - 250 443 477 455 412 363 383 363
Rate - - 107.3 158.2 166.3 156.0 142.9 125.2 132.7 123.7
MELD 21-30 Patients - - 1,892 2,415 2,622 2,778 2,915 2,928 3,166 3,232
Deaths - - 314 442 431 429 408 358 434 385
Rate - - 666.0 805.0 746.9 733.4 733.4 605.2 668.3 549.9
MELD 30 Patients - - 909 1,099 1,332 1,382 1,311 1,383 1,433 1,573
Deaths - - 368 396 455 437 384 365 352 385
Rate - - 5,944.6 4,990.4 5,074.0 4,624.5 3,924.0 3,857.6 3,780.3 4,487.8
PELD <11 Patients 1 - 407 708 634 536 482 437 445 416
Deaths - - 4 16 9 8 3 2 3 4
Rate * - 10.0 38.6 24.8 29.0 11.5 8.0 11.8 18.6
PELD 11-14 Patients - - 70 98 120 112 97 89 78 78
Deaths - - 2 7 4 4 4 6 1 2
Rate - - 37.5 129.5 81.3 103.0 91.5 161.1 25.2 61.0
PELD 15-20 Patients 1 - 94 140 141 139 128 152 117 93
Deaths - - 12 11 11 8 12 5 3 5
Rate * - 325.3 257.6 274.8 186.4 286.1 108.6 74.5 151.4
PELD 21-30 Patients 1 - 111 118 116 119 133 141 137 103
Deaths - - 19 18 18 19 23 21 18 7
Rate * - 931.4 781.4 728.0 586.1 960.3 833.9 847.1 316.5
PELD 30 Patients - - 39 49 48 54 53 56 53 55
Deaths - - 12 7 9 18 19 14 18 8
Rate - - 2,546.0 1,399.7 2,351.0 5,689.3 3,094.5 2,081.0 2,986.4 1,569.6
HCC T1 Patients - - 157 126 68 8 13 13 9 8
Deaths - - 6 2 2 - - 1 - -
Rate - - 71.4 30.3 72.3 * - 213.2 * *
HCC T2 Patients - - 488 662 803 872 980 1,076 1,109 1,208
Deaths - - 11 27 28 32 32 27 26 34
Rate - - 75.3 135.9 120.7 112.7 106.1 73.0 62.9 69.6
Other Exceptions Patients - - 76 169 173 188 210 223 284 291
Deaths - - 2 10 10 12 14 13 14 10
Rate - - 33.6 109.1 87.9 82.9 97.4 75.5 60.7 38.2
Other Status Patients 2,965 3,716 2,642 1,464 1,284 1,026 828 682 535 366
Deaths 414 523 258 86 77 66 58 32 23 17
Rate 206.8 202.9 158.7 68.5 63.8 73.6 80.3 62.0 66.7 76.3


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.