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Table 9.7b

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 2000 to 2008

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Primary Diagnosis Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Patients 402 522 361 319 320 317 285 252 221
Deaths 55 65 55 31 26 37 27 22 15
Rate 152.5 136.5 170.8 103.8 86.0 126.4 100.8 93.3 71.2
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis Patients 178 290 189 149 160 148 115 101 73
Deaths 20 38 25 18 14 19 12 8 6
Rate 122.2 142.9 143.4 130.1 93.7 140.4 111.0 83.6 86.1
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis Patients 71 83 74 68 74 69 68 49 53
Deaths 10 2 4 4 5 7 7 5 4
Rate 157.1 24.6 56.2 61.7 70.7 109.6 111.8 110.2 80.3
Acute Hepatic Necrosis Patients 22 26 14 20 9 13 16 8 10
Deaths 7 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 0
Rate 427.7 277.7 888.8 52.5 * 79.7 64.7 * 0.0
Biliary Atresia Patients 53 47 34 38 23 24 36 31 32
Deaths 7 6 5 0 0 0 2 1 0
Rate 147.6 143.1 171.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 57.9 33.3 0.0
Metabolic Diseases Patients 16 16 9 6 9 10 6 9 12
Deaths 2 4 2 3 2 2 1 1 1
Rate 135.9 311.1 * * * 242.6 * * 84.1
Malignant Neoplasms Patients 31 29 19 11 22 26 27 34 28
Deaths 3 6 6 2 4 6 3 4 2
Rate 103.2 244.7 395.7 205.6 190.2 259.3 119.2 127.7 76.4
Other Patients 31 31 22 27 23 27 17 20 13
Deaths 6 3 6 3 0 2 1 2 2
Rate 232.1 106.9 358.9 122.3 0.0 77.8 60.9 110.9 177.9


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.