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Table 9.1b

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Liver Waiting List

Inactive Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Primary Diagnosis Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 2,139 2,958 3,608 4,222 4,140 4,088 4,055 4,108 3,486 3,240
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 1,325 1,853 2,276 2,613 2,572 2,582 2,555 2,605 2,297 2,167
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 201 289 369 441 419 394 376 370 304 244
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 164 224 223 232 242 231 208 222 187 163
Biliary Atresia 100 133 150 188 175 152 182 171 110 117
Metabolic Diseases 67 90 88 109 113 98 103 101 67 62
Malignant Neoplasms 26 43 42 53 51 50 46 78 88 98
Other 201 277 418 542 524 542 548 523 400 362
Unknown 55 49 42 44 44 39 37 38 33 27
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 61.9% 62.6% 63.1% 61.9% 62.1% 63.2% 63.0% 63.4% 65.9% 66.9%
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 9.4% 9.8% 10.2% 10.4% 10.1% 9.6% 9.3% 9.0% 8.7% 7.5%
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 7.7% 7.6% 6.2% 5.5% 5.8% 5.7% 5.1% 5.4% 5.4% 5.0%
Biliary Atresia 4.7% 4.5% 4.2% 4.5% 4.2% 3.7% 4.5% 4.2% 3.2% 3.6%
Metabolic Diseases 3.1% 3.0% 2.4% 2.6% 2.7% 2.4% 2.5% 2.5% 1.9% 1.9%
Malignant Neoplasms 1.2% 1.5% 1.2% 1.3% 1.2% 1.2% 1.1% 1.9% 2.5% 3.0%
Other 9.4% 9.4% 11.6% 12.8% 12.7% 13.3% 13.5% 12.7% 11.5% 11.2%
Unknown 2.6% 1.7% 1.2% 1.0% 1.1% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(%) = Percentages are based on totals including missing and unknown.

(-) = None in category.

Includes patients listed as inactive status at end of year.