Table 9.5

Incidence of Transplant, 1997 to 2006

Liver Transplants per 1 Million Population

  Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 15.64 16.71 17.42 17.70 18.19 18.49 19.51 21.01 21.73 22.23
Age at Transplant 44.71 46.96 48.69 45.38 41.68 37.93 39.46 39.95 40.67 40.62
<1 Year
1-5 Years 10.80 9.45 9.04 10.36 10.75 10.87 9.98 10.39 10.35 9.93
6-10 Years 3.72 5.27 3.98 4.33 3.16 2.91 3.54 3.78 4.17 4.03
11-17 Years 4.47 4.62 4.14 4.30 5.56 4.52 4.12 4.67 3.72 4.26
18-34 Years 5.28 4.78 4.71 4.35 4.97 4.48 4.90 5.21 5.62 5.46
35-49 Years 24.62 25.21 26.98 26.21 23.96 25.29 23.86 23.95 22.74 21.98
50-64 Years 39.87 44.31 46.47 48.30 53.42 53.59 58.37 63.28 66.47 69.26
65+ Years 7.72 9.36 9.18 10.29 9.56 10.20 13.14 15.57 17.07 16.87
Unknown - - - - - - - - - -
Recipient Ethnicity/Race 16.42 17.26 18.31 18.88 19.54 19.51 20.88 22.55 23.48 23.63
White
African American 10.59 12.40 11.88 12.31 12.04 13.72 14.42 16.04 16.04 18.63
Asian 16.48 17.08 16.73 15.50 18.79 20.76 18.92 22.50 21.28 21.13
Hispanic/Latino 16.51 18.61 18.63 19.73 19.62 19.61 19.58 20.07 21.02 22.05
Other/Multi-race 10.32 10.59 14.18 5.45 3.84 4.90 8.60 7.02 8.60 6.69
Recipient Gender 12.81 12.88 13.43 13.68 13.36 12.58 13.92 14.47 14.43 15.24
Female
Male 18.60 20.72 21.60 21.87 23.21 24.61 25.28 27.76 29.25 29.43
Unknown - - - - - - - - - -


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

(-) = Incidence of transplant cannot be calculated for unknown categories.