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Table 9.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 2000 to 2008

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation

Blood Type Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Patients 4,384 4,451 4,692 5,040 5,449 5,667 5,835 5,625 5,567
Deaths 675 703 672 754 753 840 795 650 692
Rate 174.7 178.5 159.3 167.3 153.0 165.1 149.8 125.6 135.4
A Patients 1,764 1,885 1,831 1,885 2,027 2,135 2,155 1,980 2,067
Deaths 281 306 237 263 291 317 287 222 260
Rate 181.3 184.6 142.3 154.4 159.6 165.3 145.6 121.5 137.1
AB Patients 216 217 265 261 277 290 325 315 252
Deaths 22 27 37 45 38 35 38 38 26
Rate 110.4 136.1 155.0 198.9 152.0 130.7 129.0 131.9 110.4
B Patients 589 595 612 686 796 705 754 712 759
Deaths 96 94 96 90 112 113 104 85 104
Rate 186.9 178.5 176.6 144.9 155.7 180.2 152.3 129.7 149.8
O Patients 1,815 1,754 1,984 2,208 2,349 2,537 2,601 2,618 2,489
Deaths 276 276 302 356 312 375 366 305 302
Rate 172.3 177.4 170.4 181.9 146.4 164.9 155.1 126.9 132.1


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

(-) = 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.