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
|
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 |