Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Primary Diagnosis 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
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 2,536 2,493 2,792 2,901 2,956 2,958 3,089 3,121 3,492 3,789
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 596 587 552 495 465 456 483 505 501 455
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 232 361 349 405 443 390 383 391 492 480
Biliary Atresia 210 181 214 188 162 172 164 176 186 180
Metabolic Diseases 174 181 163 153 165 170 156 180 175 196
Malignant Neoplasms 96 103 98 98 85 136 319 361 434 499
Other 174 194 256 258 319 389 375 617 565 517
Unknown 2 - - - - - - - - 4
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 63.1% 60.8% 63.1% 64.5% 64.3% 63.3% 62.2% 58.3% 59.7% 61.9%
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 14.8% 14.3% 12.5% 11.0% 10.1% 9.8% 9.7% 9.4% 8.6% 7.4%
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 5.8% 8.8% 7.9% 9.0% 9.6% 8.3% 7.7% 7.3% 8.4% 7.8%
Biliary Atresia 5.2% 4.4% 4.8% 4.2% 3.5% 3.7% 3.3% 3.3% 3.2% 2.9%
Metabolic Diseases 4.3% 4.4% 3.7% 3.4% 3.6% 3.6% 3.1% 3.4% 3.0% 3.2%
Malignant Neoplasms 2.4% 2.5% 2.2% 2.2% 1.8% 2.9% 6.4% 6.7% 7.4% 8.2%
Other 4.3% 4.7% 5.8% 5.7% 6.9% 8.3% 7.5% 11.5% 9.7% 8.4%
Unknown 0.0% - - - - - - - - 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.