Prognosis for Liver Transplantation At 1 year after liver transplantation, survival rates are Living-donor grafts: 90% (patients) and 82% (grafts) Deceased-donor grafts: 91% (patients) and 85% (grafts) Overall survival rates are At 3 years: 79% (patients) and 72% (grafts) At 5 years: 73% (patients) and 65% (grafts) Survival is better for patients who had chronic rather than acute liver failure.