Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Waiting List Status at Tx Year of Transplant
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 3,399 3,572 3,844 3,951 4,031 4,377 4,478 4,579 4,662 4,962
1 757 772 736 810 733 468 515 590 601 480
2 790 870 1,056 1,181 750 - - - - -
2A - - - - 202 766 946 993 1,153 191
2B - - - - 576 2,378 2,572 2,624 2,510 384
3 1,701 1,837 1,986 1,899 1,745 758 441 371 396 77
4 98 61 34 29 - - - - - -
MELD 6-10 - - - - - - - - - 181
MELD 11-20 - - - - - - - - - 1,169
MELD 21-30 - - - - - - - - - 741
MELD 30 - - - - - - - - - 490
PELD <11 - - - - - - - - - 85
PELD 11-20 - - - - - - - - - 53
PELD 21-30 - - - - - - - - - 37
PELD 30 - - - - - - - - - 7
HCC T1 - - - - - - - - - 133
HCC T2 - - - - - - - - - 660
Other Exceptions - - - - - - - - - 274
Other Status 53 32 32 32 25 7 4 1 2 -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
1 22.3% 21.6% 19.1% 20.5% 18.2% 10.7% 11.5% 12.9% 12.9% 9.7%
2 23.2% 24.4% 27.5% 29.9% 18.6% - - - - -
2A - - - - 5.0% 17.5% 21.1% 21.7% 24.7% 3.8%
2B - - - - 14.3% 54.3% 57.4% 57.3% 53.8% 7.7%
3 50.0% 51.4% 51.7% 48.1% 43.3% 17.3% 9.8% 8.1% 8.5% 1.6%
4 2.9% 1.7% 0.9% 0.7% - - - - - -
MELD 6-10 - - - - - - - - - 3.6%
MELD 11-20 - - - - - - - - - 23.6%
MELD 21-30 - - - - - - - - - 14.9%
MELD 30 - - - - - - - - - 9.9%
PELD <11 - - - - - - - - - 1.7%
PELD 11-20 - - - - - - - - - 1.1%
PELD 21-30 - - - - - - - - - 0.7%
PELD 30 - - - - - - - - - 0.1%
HCC T1 - - - - - - - - - 2.7%
HCC T2 - - - - - - - - - 13.3%
Other Exceptions - - - - - - - - - 5.5%
Other Status 1.6% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% -

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a deceased donor liver was one of

the organs transplanted.