Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Waiting List Status at Tx Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 4,020 4,100 4,424 4,498 4,595 4,671 4,969 5,351 5,845 6,120
1 858 777 497 525 595 601 481 514 535 381
1A - - - - - - - - - 146
1B - - - - - - - - - 23
2 1,189 758 - - - - - - - -
2A - 207 770 949 996 1,154 190 - - -
2B - 582 2,386 2,576 2,624 2,510 384 - - -
3 1,910 1,756 763 441 372 400 77 - - -
4 31 - - - - - - - - -
MELD 6-10 - - - - - - 168 251 209 212
MELD 11-20 - - - - 1 - 1,147 1,458 1,532 1,474
MELD 21-30 - - - - 1 - 737 1,094 1,231 1,421
MELD 30 - - - - - - 484 665 834 924
PELD <11 - - - - - - 85 97 87 49
PELD 11-20 - - - - - - 54 48 53 64
PELD 21-30 - - - - - - 37 22 40 37
PELD 30 - - - - - - 7 8 10 16
HCC T1 - - - - - - 142 120 64 8
HCC T2 - - - - - - 687 664 766 810
Other Exceptions - - - - - - 287 406 481 551
Other Status 32 20 8 7 6 6 2 4 3 4
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
1 21.3% 19.0% 11.2% 11.7% 12.9% 12.9% 9.7% 9.6% 9.2% 6.2%
1A - - - - - - - - - 2.4%
1B - - - - - - - - - 0.4%
2 29.6% 18.5% - - - - - - - -
2A - 5.0% 17.4% 21.1% 21.7% 24.7% 3.8% - - -
2B - 14.2% 53.9% 57.3% 57.1% 53.7% 7.7% - - -
3 47.5% 42.8% 17.2% 9.8% 8.1% 8.6% 1.5% - - -
4 0.8% - - - - - - - - -
MELD 6-10 - - - - - - 3.4% 4.7% 3.6% 3.5%
MELD 11-20 - - - - 0.0% - 23.1% 27.2% 26.2% 24.1%
MELD 21-30 - - - - 0.0% - 14.8% 20.4% 21.1% 23.2%
MELD 30 - - - - - - 9.7% 12.4% 14.3% 15.1%
PELD <11 - - - - - - 1.7% 1.8% 1.5% 0.8%
PELD 11-20 - - - - - - 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% 1.0%
PELD 21-30 - - - - - - 0.7% 0.4% 0.7% 0.6%
PELD 30 - - - - - - 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
HCC T1 - - - - - - 2.9% 2.2% 1.1% 0.1%
HCC T2 - - - - - - 13.8% 12.4% 13.1% 13.2%
Other Exceptions - - - - - - 5.8% 7.6% 8.2% 9.0%
Other Status 0.8% 0.5% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(-) = None in category.

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