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Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Primary Diagnosis Year of Transplant
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 4,498 4,595 4,672 4,969 5,351 5,848 6,121 6,363 6,228 6,069
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 2,895 2,962 2,969 3,083 3,149 3,514 3,678 3,707 3,544 3,391
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 498 476 470 501 528 532 487 565 583 475
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 405 427 363 360 355 424 449 368 362 324
Biliary Atresia 188 161 172 164 175 187 179 144 178 180
Metabolic Diseases 150 164 171 151 183 180 201 217 172 180
Malignant Neoplasms 97 84 142 333 373 483 640 808 825 1,061
Other 265 321 385 377 588 528 487 554 564 458
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 64.4% 64.5% 63.5% 62.0% 58.8% 60.1% 60.1% 58.3% 56.9% 55.9%
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 11.1% 10.4% 10.1% 10.1% 9.9% 9.1% 8.0% 8.9% 9.4% 7.8%
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 9.0% 9.3% 7.8% 7.2% 6.6% 7.3% 7.3% 5.8% 5.8% 5.3%
Biliary Atresia 4.2% 3.5% 3.7% 3.3% 3.3% 3.2% 2.9% 2.3% 2.9% 3.0%
Metabolic Diseases 3.3% 3.6% 3.7% 3.0% 3.4% 3.1% 3.3% 3.4% 2.8% 3.0%
Malignant Neoplasms 2.2% 1.8% 3.0% 6.7% 7.0% 8.3% 10.5% 12.7% 13.2% 17.5%
Other 5.9% 7.0% 8.2% 7.6% 11.0% 9.0% 8.0% 8.7% 9.1% 7.5%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(-) = None in category.

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



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