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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

Ethnicity/Race 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
White Patients 3,265 3,295 3,396 3,665 3,933 4,074 4,113 3,974 3,920
Deaths 476 539 477 543 533 594 569 471 478
Rate 163.9 186.0 156.0 165.5 149.5 161.8 152.2 129.2 132.5
African American Patients 386 387 438 479 533 532 612 528 539
Deaths 83 57 60 97 86 91 93 58 82
Rate 257.4 163.7 151.0 235.7 181.7 193.6 168.5 118.8 169.0
Other/Multi-race Patients 35 23 27 48 42 59 61 43 58
Deaths 6 5 7 2 6 10 9 5 9
Rate 199.7 267.2 318.8 43.3 154.1 197.3 162.1 127.0 182.9
Asian Patients 144 186 231 210 270 257 252 310 277
Deaths 24 28 32 26 33 44 23 31 27
Rate 192.3 168.1 154.6 134.5 135.6 197.2 97.6 108.0 103.5
Hispanic/Latino Patients 554 560 600 638 671 745 797 770 773
Deaths 86 74 96 86 95 101 101 85 96
Rate 177.9 146.2 179.4 149.6 157.7 150.6 138.9 119.2 135.6


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.