Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Primary Diagnosis Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 3,880 4,019 4,099 4,424 4,498 4,594 4,670 4,969 5,350 5,845
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 2,418 2,535 2,495 2,798 2,904 2,958 2,955 3,107 3,150 3,527
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 589 596 587 552 495 465 459 487 506 498
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 286 232 361 347 403 442 401 377 388 491
Biliary Atresia 214 210 181 214 188 162 172 163 176 187
Metabolic Diseases 171 174 181 163 152 164 171 155 181 173
Malignant Neoplasms 73 96 100 92 96 83 126 297 333 395
Other 129 174 194 258 260 320 386 383 616 574
Unknown - 2 - - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 62.3% 63.1% 60.9% 63.2% 64.6% 64.4% 63.3% 62.5% 58.9% 60.3%
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 15.2% 14.8% 14.3% 12.5% 11.0% 10.1% 9.8% 9.8% 9.5% 8.5%
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 7.4% 5.8% 8.8% 7.8% 9.0% 9.6% 8.6% 7.6% 7.3% 8.4%
Biliary Atresia 5.5% 5.2% 4.4% 4.8% 4.2% 3.5% 3.7% 3.3% 3.3% 3.2%
Metabolic Diseases 4.4% 4.3% 4.4% 3.7% 3.4% 3.6% 3.7% 3.1% 3.4% 3.0%
Malignant Neoplasms 1.9% 2.4% 2.4% 2.1% 2.1% 1.8% 2.7% 6.0% 6.2% 6.8%
Other 3.3% 4.3% 4.7% 5.8% 5.8% 7.0% 8.3% 7.7% 11.5% 9.8%
Unknown - 0.0% - - - - - - - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a deceased donor liver was one ofthe organs transplanted.