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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

Waiting List Status at Transplant 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
1 Patients 553 573 456 479 497 370 - - -
Deaths 145 122 117 103 95 80 - - -
Rate 336.7 258.4 323.9 263.7 229.8 263.1 - - -
1A Patients - - - - - 141 379 362 339
Deaths - - - - - 35 70 64 62
Rate - - - - - 314.8 217.0 208.4 213.8
1B Patients - - - - - 18 32 51 61
Deaths - - - - - 4 6 7 10
Rate - - - - - 266.0 211.3 155.6 184.9
2A Patients 936 1,079 179 - - - - - -
Deaths 185 223 37 - - - - - -
Rate 233.5 242.7 239.5 - - - - - -
2B Patients 2,527 2,408 374 - - - - - -
Deaths 312 309 42 - - - - - -
Rate 135.7 140.9 121.8 - - - - - -
3 Patients 360 384 76 - - - - - -
Deaths 31 47 4 - - - - - -
Rate 92.4 134.9 55.3 - - - - - -
MELD 6-10 Patients - - 159 231 194 180 170 162 171
Deaths - - 26 35 28 24 27 15 20
Rate - - 184.5 167.3 157.6 148.0 175.9 98.0 125.6
MELD 11-14 Patients - - 357 479 392 302 308 295 245
Deaths - - 33 55 52 31 33 28 24
Rate - - 98.9 125.5 146.5 110.4 115.3 101.4 103.6
MELD 15-20 Patients 1 - 752 940 1,094 1,104 1,221 1,035 937
Deaths 0 - 92 117 116 95 114 81 90
Rate * - 133.8 136.0 114.1 90.9 99.3 82.5 102.1
MELD 21-30 Patients 1 - 654 1,006 1,114 1,289 1,361 1,271 1,245
Deaths 0 - 86 160 151 197 195 139 159
Rate * - 144.8 177.8 149.1 170.7 158.6 118.2 139.3
MELD 30 Patients - - 414 564 716 775 745 778 817
Deaths - - 99 118 147 176 164 145 145
Rate - - 288.7 248.1 240.1 270.2 257.9 214.0 202.0
PELD <11 Patients - - 80 91 79 37 59 45 35
Deaths - - 3 6 3 3 2 2 0
Rate - - 38.4 69.7 39.1 88.2 34.9 45.9 0.0
PELD 11-14 Patients - - 25 19 25 18 14 12 15
Deaths - - 2 2 1 1 2 1 3
Rate - - 86.6 115.7 40.2 58.7 158.3 88.7 232.9
PELD 15-20 Patients - - 22 26 19 28 30 36 28
Deaths - - 2 1 0 3 3 1 0
Rate - - 98.5 40.0 0.0 117.1 107.7 28.3 0.0
PELD 21-30 Patients - - 33 21 35 28 33 33 41
Deaths - - 5 3 5 2 5 4 7
Rate - - 164.9 161.1 154.1 75.2 169.7 129.8 197.4
PELD 30 Patients - - 8 7 11 15 15 22 15
Deaths - - 0 3 3 3 4 1 1
Rate - - * * 354.0 248.5 330.0 47.6 71.2
HCC T1 Patients - - 147 126 64 8 6 4 6
Deaths - - 17 12 5 0 0 1 1
Rate - - 121.8 101.4 81.6 * * * *
HCC T2 Patients - - 693 676 783 836 950 997 990
Deaths - - 76 83 95 116 118 101 108
Rate - - 117.5 131.4 131.0 151.0 133.5 108.4 116.7
Other Exceptions Patients - - 261 371 423 514 512 522 622
Deaths - - 31 55 51 67 52 60 62
Rate - - 129.4 166.8 132.3 142.5 109.5 125.1 107.0
Other Status Patients 6 7 2 4 3 4 - - -
Deaths 2 2 0 1 1 3 - - -
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.