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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

Life Support Status 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
Not on Life Support Patients 3,824 3,901 4,275 4,617 5,042 5,224 5,424 5,258 5,172
Deaths 493 533 530 631 635 693 680 543 589
Rate 142.6 151.1 135.2 150.7 137.7 145.5 136.5 111.0 122.8
On Life Support Patients 560 550 417 423 407 443 411 367 395
Deaths 182 170 142 123 118 147 115 107 103
Rate 446.9 414.9 474.9 385.3 379.7 453.9 354.1 382.6 326.4


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.