Below is official OPTN data of living liver donors who have, subsequent to their donation, been placed on the deceased organ transplant list in need of a new liver.
What the chart doesn’t include is the total number of living liver donors in the US during that particular year. Here you go:
1999: 257
2000: 406
2001: 524
2002: 363 <- two high profile deaths this year: Mike Hurewitz and Danny Boone
2003: 322
2004: 323:
2005: 323
2006: 288
2007: 266
2008: 249
2009: 219
2010: 282 <- two more high profile deaths: Ryan Arnold and Paul Hawks
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|
N |
% |
| Year of Donation |
1 |
16.7 |
| 1999 | ||
| 2001 |
2 |
33.3 |
| 2002 |
1 |
16.7 |
| 2007 |
1 |
16.7 |
| 2008 |
1 |
16.7 |
| Total |
6 |
100.0 |
| Year Listed |
1 |
16.7 |
| 1999 | ||
| 2001 |
2 |
33.3 |
| 2007 |
1 |
16.7 |
| 2008 |
1 |
16.7 |
| 2010 |
1 |
16.7 |
| Total |
6 |
100.0 |
| Days From Donation to Listing |
1 |
16.7 |
| 2 | ||
| 5 |
1 |
16.7 |
| 7 |
1 |
16.7 |
| 8 |
1 |
16.7 |
| 20 |
1 |
16.7 |
| 2787 |
1 |
16.7 |
| Total |
6 |
100.0 |
| Waiting List Removal Reason |
1 |
16.7 |
| Still Waiting | ||
| Deceased Donor tx, removed by tx center |
3 |
50.0 |
| Died |
1 |
16.7 |
| Cand. condition improved, tx not needed |
1 |
16.7 |
| Total |
6 |
100.0 |