Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1994 to 2003

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Age at Transplant Year of Transplant
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total 3,574 3,849 3,965 4,048 4,398 4,481 4,585 4,662 4,964 5,344
<1 Year 126 83 116 118 142 133 118 126 123 126
1-5 Years 206 181 167 174 156 133 161 164 178 169
6-10 Years 69 80 67 68 96 70 81 54 52 67
11-17 Years 91 106 110 118 123 104 106 141 129 116
18-34 Years 323 314 273 336 298 285 264 298 276 316
35-49 Years 1,305 1,453 1,491 1,518 1,581 1,663 1,614 1,444 1,565 1,502
50-64 Years 1,266 1,386 1,465 1,457 1,684 1,783 1,903 2,126 2,294 2,599
65+ Years 188 246 276 259 318 310 338 309 347 448
Unknown - - - - - - - - - 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 3.5% 2.2% 2.9% 2.9% 3.2% 3.0% 2.6% 2.7% 2.5% 2.4%
1-5 Years 5.8% 4.7% 4.2% 4.3% 3.5% 3.0% 3.5% 3.5% 3.6% 3.2%
6-10 Years 1.9% 2.1% 1.7% 1.7% 2.2% 1.6% 1.8% 1.2% 1.0% 1.3%
11-17 Years 2.5% 2.8% 2.8% 2.9% 2.8% 2.3% 2.3% 3.0% 2.6% 2.2%
18-34 Years 9.0% 8.2% 6.9% 8.3% 6.8% 6.4% 5.8% 6.4% 5.6% 5.9%
35-49 Years 36.5% 37.8% 37.6% 37.5% 35.9% 37.1% 35.2% 31.0% 31.5% 28.1%
50-64 Years 35.4% 36.0% 36.9% 36.0% 38.3% 39.8% 41.5% 45.6% 46.2% 48.6%
65+ Years 5.3% 6.4% 7.0% 6.4% 7.2% 6.9% 7.4% 6.6% 7.0% 8.4%
Unknown - - - - - - - - - 0.0%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

(-) = None in category.

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

the organs transplanted.