Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1994 to 2003

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Waiting List Status at Tx 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
1 768 734 812 736 474 513 595 601 481 514
2 870 1,059 1,182 754 - - - - - -
2A - - - 203 769 947 994 1,154 191 -
2B - - - 580 2,386 2,576 2,623 2,509 383 -
3 1,841 1,991 1,908 1,754 762 441 372 396 77 -
4 62 34 29 - - - - - - -
MELD 6-10 - - - - - - - - 167 248
MELD 11-20 - - - - - - - - 1,146 1,456
MELD 21-30 - - - - - - - - 735 1,095
MELD 30 - - - - - - - - 485 664
PELD <11 - - - - - - - - 85 97
PELD 11-20 - - - - - - - - 54 48
PELD 21-30 - - - - - - - - 37 22
PELD 30 - - - - - - - - 7 8
HCC T1 - - - - - - - - 142 121
HCC T2 - - - - - - - - 687 664
Other Exceptions - - - - - - - - 287 407
Other Status 33 31 34 21 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 21.5% 19.1% 20.5% 18.2% 10.8% 11.4% 13.0% 12.9% 9.7% 9.6%
2 24.3% 27.5% 29.8% 18.6% - - - - - -
2A - - - 5.0% 17.5% 21.1% 21.7% 24.8% 3.8% -
2B - - - 14.3% 54.3% 57.5% 57.2% 53.8% 7.7% -
3 51.5% 51.7% 48.1% 43.3% 17.3% 9.8% 8.1% 8.5% 1.6% -
4 1.7% 0.9% 0.7% - - - - - - -
MELD 6-10 - - - - - - - - 3.4% 4.6%
MELD 11-20 - - - - - - - - 23.1% 27.2%
MELD 21-30 - - - - - - - - 14.8% 20.5%
MELD 30 - - - - - - - - 9.8% 12.4%
PELD <11 - - - - - - - - 1.7% 1.8%
PELD 11-20 - - - - - - - - 1.1% 0.9%
PELD 21-30 - - - - - - - - 0.7% 0.4%
PELD 30 - - - - - - - - 0.1% 0.1%
HCC T1 - - - - - - - - 2.9% 2.3%
HCC T2 - - - - - - - - 13.8% 12.4%
Other Exceptions - - - - - - - - 5.8% 7.6%
Other Status 0.9% 0.8% 0.9% 0.5% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 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.