Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Primary Payment Source 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
Private Insurance 2,470 2,592 2,912 2,929 2,973 2,990 3,229 3,341 3,539 3,572
Medicare 525 501 569 581 631 672 708 891 1,048 1,130
Medicaid 742 691 658 654 663 702 757 830 952 1,026
Other 257 285 272 315 328 307 275 289 306 314
Unknown 26 31 13 19 - - - - - 78
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 61.4% 63.2% 65.8% 65.1% 64.7% 64.0% 65.0% 62.4% 60.5% 58.4%
Medicare 13.1% 12.2% 12.9% 12.9% 13.7% 14.4% 14.2% 16.7% 17.9% 18.5%
Medicaid 18.5% 16.9% 14.9% 14.5% 14.4% 15.0% 15.2% 15.5% 16.3% 16.8%
Other 6.4% 7.0% 6.1% 7.0% 7.1% 6.6% 5.5% 5.4% 5.2% 5.1%
Unknown 0.6% 0.8% 0.3% 0.4% - - - - - 1.3%


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.