Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Primary Payment Source 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
Private Insurance 2,595 2,912 2,929 2,975 2,991 3,230 3,344 3,538 3,621 3,739
Medicare 500 569 581 632 671 706 887 1,048 1,143 1,184
Medicaid 691 658 654 664 702 757 832 955 1,041 1,085
Other 285 272 315 324 307 276 288 305 314 329
Unknown 31 13 19 - - - - - 1 25
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 63.3% 65.8% 65.1% 64.7% 64.0% 65.0% 62.5% 60.5% 59.2% 58.8%
Medicare 12.2% 12.9% 12.9% 13.8% 14.4% 14.2% 16.6% 17.9% 18.7% 18.6%
Medicaid 16.8% 14.9% 14.5% 14.5% 15.0% 15.2% 15.5% 16.3% 17.0% 17.1%
Other 6.9% 6.1% 7.0% 7.1% 6.6% 5.6% 5.4% 5.2% 5.1% 5.2%
Unknown 0.8% 0.3% 0.4% - - - - - 0.0% 0.4%


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.