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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

Residency 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
U.S. Resident Patients 4,291 4,375 4,631 4,990 5,398 5,611 5,790 5,585 5,512
Deaths 665 694 661 752 746 833 790 648 689
Rate 175.9 179.3 158.7 168.6 153.0 165.4 150.0 126.2 136.2
Nonresident Alien Patients 91 75 61 49 51 56 45 40 55
Deaths 10 9 11 2 7 7 5 2 3
Rate 121.9 133.4 201.9 42.6 152.3 138.8 121.9 51.3 54.9
Unknown Patients 2 1 - 1 - - - - -
Deaths 0 0 - 0 - - - - -
Rate * * - * - - - - -


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.