Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Waiting List Status at Tx Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 4,102 4,424 4,498 4,595 4,671 4,969 5,351 5,846 6,120 6,362
1 777 497 525 595 601 481 514 535 382 -
1A - - - - - - - - 146 384
1B - - - - - - - - 23 44
2 759 - - - - - - - - -
2A 207 770 949 996 1,154 190 - - - -
2B 582 2,386 2,576 2,624 2,510 384 - - - -
3 1,757 763 441 372 400 77 - - - -
MELD 6-10 - - - - - 176 253 213 220 206
MELD 11-14 - - - - - 369 493 405 332 328
MELD 15-20 - - - 1 - 784 972 1,129 1,155 1,276
MELD 21-30 - - - 1 - 742 1,096 1,232 1,425 1,570
MELD 30 - - - - - 484 665 833 925 902
PELD <11 - - - - - 87 98 91 51 76
PELD 11-14 - - - - - 26 19 29 23 27
PELD 15-20 - - - - - 30 29 24 41 50
PELD 21-30 - - - - - 37 22 40 37 39
PELD 30 - - - - - 7 8 10 16 17
HCC T1 - - - - - 153 121 67 8 5
HCC T2 - - - - - 674 664 773 818 925
Other Exceptions - - - - - 266 393 462 514 513
Other Status 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 18.9% 11.2% 11.7% 12.9% 12.9% 9.7% 9.6% 9.2% 6.2% -
1A - - - - - - - - 2.4% 6.0%
1B - - - - - - - - 0.4% 0.7%
2 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 42.8% 17.2% 9.8% 8.1% 8.6% 1.5% - - - -
MELD 6-10 - - - - - 3.5% 4.7% 3.6% 3.6% 3.2%
MELD 11-14 - - - - - 7.4% 9.2% 6.9% 5.4% 5.2%
MELD 15-20 - - - 0.0% - 15.8% 18.2% 19.3% 18.9% 20.1%
MELD 21-30 - - - 0.0% - 14.9% 20.5% 21.1% 23.3% 24.7%
MELD 30 - - - - - 9.7% 12.4% 14.2% 15.1% 14.2%
PELD <11 - - - - - 1.8% 1.8% 1.6% 0.8% 1.2%
PELD 11-14 - - - - - 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4%
PELD 15-20 - - - - - 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.7% 0.8%
PELD 21-30 - - - - - 0.7% 0.4% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6%
PELD 30 - - - - - 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%
HCC T1 - - - - - 3.1% 2.3% 1.1% 0.1% 0.1%
HCC T2 - - - - - 13.6% 12.4% 13.2% 13.4% 14.5%
Other Exceptions - - - - - 5.4% 7.3% 7.9% 8.4% 8.1%
Other Status 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, 2007.

(-) = None in category.

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