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Table 9.1c

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Liver Waiting List

All Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Primary Diagnosis Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 16,054 17,846 16,664 16,867 16,818 16,833 16,550 16,330 15,724 15,682
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 11,051 12,239 11,458 11,605 11,731 11,759 11,702 11,533 11,218 11,195
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 1,825 1,945 1,850 1,859 1,781 1,752 1,691 1,575 1,473 1,441
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 870 953 850 837 778 736 669 627 536 491
Biliary Atresia 371 422 413 407 387 370 332 324 256 258
Metabolic Diseases 320 374 313 286 304 310 274 277 245 254
Malignant Neoplasms 206 242 189 222 228 247 273 359 442 550
Other 1,331 1,599 1,533 1,596 1,555 1,612 1,566 1,594 1,518 1,462
Unknown 80 72 58 55 54 47 43 41 36 31
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 68.8% 68.6% 68.8% 68.8% 69.8% 69.9% 70.7% 70.6% 71.3% 71.4%
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 11.4% 10.9% 11.1% 11.0% 10.6% 10.4% 10.2% 9.6% 9.4% 9.2%
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 5.4% 5.3% 5.1% 5.0% 4.6% 4.4% 4.0% 3.8% 3.4% 3.1%
Biliary Atresia 2.3% 2.4% 2.5% 2.4% 2.3% 2.2% 2.0% 2.0% 1.6% 1.6%
Metabolic Diseases 2.0% 2.1% 1.9% 1.7% 1.8% 1.8% 1.7% 1.7% 1.6% 1.6%
Malignant Neoplasms 1.3% 1.4% 1.1% 1.3% 1.4% 1.5% 1.6% 2.2% 2.8% 3.5%
Other 8.3% 9.0% 9.2% 9.5% 9.2% 9.6% 9.5% 9.8% 9.7% 9.3%
Unknown 0.5% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%


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

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

(-) = None in category.