Table 9.16

Prevalence of People Living with a Functioning Transplant at End of Year

Liver Recipients, 1996 to 2004

On Life Support at Tx Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 16,618 18,715 21,041 23,393 25,747 28,014 30,235 32,592 33,629
No 14,681 16,584 18,723 20,883 23,048 25,132 27,302 29,598 30,725
Yes 1,917 2,070 2,252 2,430 2,621 2,810 2,865 2,931 2,845
Unknown 20 61 66 80 78 72 68 63 59
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
No 88.3% 88.6% 89.0% 89.3% 89.5% 89.7% 90.3% 90.8% 91.4%
Yes 11.5% 11.1% 10.7% 10.4% 10.2% 10.0% 9.5% 9.0% 8.5%
Unknown 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%


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

(-) = None in category.