Table 9.4b

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Living Donor Livers

Primary Diagnosis Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 86 92 253 400 520 362 322 323 321 287
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 8 20 97 177 289 190 149 163 149 114
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 4 5 25 70 82 71 68 71 68 67
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 8 6 25 24 25 14 21 9 13 16
Biliary Atresia 49 39 50 53 46 34 39 22 25 36
Metabolic Diseases 10 5 13 16 16 9 6 9 11 6
Malignant Neoplasms - 2 23 31 29 19 11 22 26 25
Other 7 15 20 29 33 25 28 27 29 22
Unknown - - - - - - - - - 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 9.3% 21.7% 38.3% 44.3% 55.6% 52.5% 46.3% 50.5% 46.4% 39.7%
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 4.7% 5.4% 9.9% 17.5% 15.8% 19.6% 21.1% 22.0% 21.2% 23.3%
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 9.3% 6.5% 9.9% 6.0% 4.8% 3.9% 6.5% 2.8% 4.0% 5.6%
Biliary Atresia 57.0% 42.4% 19.8% 13.3% 8.8% 9.4% 12.1% 6.8% 7.8% 12.5%
Metabolic Diseases 11.6% 5.4% 5.1% 4.0% 3.1% 2.5% 1.9% 2.8% 3.4% 2.1%
Malignant Neoplasms - 2.2% 9.1% 7.8% 5.6% 5.2% 3.4% 6.8% 8.1% 8.7%
Other 8.1% 16.3% 7.9% 7.3% 6.3% 6.9% 8.7% 8.4% 9.0% 7.7%
Unknown - - - - - - - - - 0.3%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(-) = None in category.

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