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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

Hospitalized at Tx 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 Hospitalized Patients 2,755 2,619 3,263 3,619 3,817 3,898 4,154 3,985 3,888
Deaths 304 302 362 457 440 442 449 369 377
Rate 119.8 125.4 119.8 137.6 124.8 122.4 115.9 98.6 103.3
Hospitalized Patients 467 636 717 737 829 922 887 910 973
Deaths 87 118 120 132 128 163 150 120 156
Rate 218.2 213.4 189.5 206.3 172.3 200.6 190.4 145.6 179.2
In Intensive Care Patients 1,162 1,196 712 684 803 847 794 730 706
Deaths 284 283 190 165 185 235 196 161 159
Rate 305.9 289.7 336.4 301.4 283.2 355.0 303.2 265.9 269.3


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.