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Table 9.4b

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers - DCD Donors

Waiting List Status at Tx Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 39 67 79 111 185 271 289 307 276 289
1 - 4 4 11 12 8 - - - -
1A - - - - - 4 10 6 10 11
1B - - - - - - 1 1 - -
2A 7 9 1 - - - - - - -
2B 27 43 10 - - - - - - -
3 5 11 1 - - - - - - -
MELD 6-10 - - 5 11 15 16 13 13 12 14
MELD 11-14 - - 13 22 16 16 28 26 17 19
MELD 15-20 - - 14 16 49 66 80 64 71 69
MELD 21-30 - - 14 19 42 64 69 76 61 58
MELD 30 - - 3 13 16 31 24 36 29 41
PELD <11 - - 1 - - - 1 - - -
PELD 11-14 - - - - - 1 - - - -
PELD 15-20 - - - - - 1 - 1 1 -
PELD 21-30 - - - 1 1 - 1 - 1 -
PELD 30 - - - - - - - - - 1
HCC T1 - - 2 4 4 1 1 - - 1
HCC T2 - - 4 11 24 50 52 62 58 53
Other Exceptions - - 7 3 6 13 9 22 16 22
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
1 - 6.0% 5.1% 9.9% 6.5% 3.0% - - - -
1A - - - - - 1.5% 3.5% 2.0% 3.6% 3.8%
1B - - - - - - 0.3% 0.3% - -
2A 17.9% 13.4% 1.3% - - - - - - -
2B 69.2% 64.2% 12.7% - - - - - - -
3 12.8% 16.4% 1.3% - - - - - - -
MELD 6-10 - - 6.3% 9.9% 8.1% 5.9% 4.5% 4.2% 4.3% 4.8%
MELD 11-14 - - 16.5% 19.8% 8.6% 5.9% 9.7% 8.5% 6.2% 6.6%
MELD 15-20 - - 17.7% 14.4% 26.5% 24.4% 27.7% 20.8% 25.7% 23.9%
MELD 21-30 - - 17.7% 17.1% 22.7% 23.6% 23.9% 24.8% 22.1% 20.1%
MELD 30 - - 3.8% 11.7% 8.6% 11.4% 8.3% 11.7% 10.5% 14.2%
PELD <11 - - 1.3% - - - 0.3% - - -
PELD 11-14 - - - - - 0.4% - - - -
PELD 15-20 - - - - - 0.4% - 0.3% 0.4% -
PELD 21-30 - - - 0.9% 0.5% - 0.3% - 0.4% -
PELD 30 - - - - - - - - - 0.3%
HCC T1 - - 2.5% 3.6% 2.2% 0.4% 0.3% - - 0.3%
HCC T2 - - 5.1% 9.9% 13.0% 18.5% 18.0% 20.2% 21.0% 18.3%
Other Exceptions - - 8.9% 2.7% 3.2% 4.8% 3.1% 7.2% 5.8% 7.6%


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a deceased donor liver was one of

the organs transplanted.