Transplant
Information
The links below
will take you through the Transplant process with information on Financial
Issues, choosing a transplant center, some Q & A, Survival Data, and
Organ Acceptance. None of the information in these links should be construed
as medical advice. I am a patient advocate, support group leader,
and an HCV patient not a medical professional. As with any information
you gleen from these webpages, or any others, be sure to discuss with your
Dr any questions you have before embarking on any treatments you should
come across online.
As
of May 12, 2001 there are 17,648 people on the Liver Transplant waiting
list at UNOS. In 2000, there were 4,934 liver transplants performed. There
are 121 Liver Transplant Programs in the United States.
The
number of patients removed from the UNOS Transplant List
for
Liver Transplant (in 1999) due to death was 1,753.
The
table below lists the number of patients on liver transplant lists
by
category as of April 30, 2001
|
CATEGORY
|
NUMBER
|
PERCENTAGE
|
|
Type
0
|
9050
|
50.7
|
|
Type
A
|
6308
|
35.3
|
|
Type
B
|
2006
|
11.2
|
|
Type
AB
|
488
|
2.7
|
|
Males
|
10278
|
57.6
|
|
Females
|
7574
|
42.4
|
|
0-10
yrs old
|
734
|
4.1
|
|
11-17
yrs old
|
360
|
2.0
|
|
18-49
yrs old
|
6760
|
37.9
|
|
50-64
yrs old
|
8300
|
46.7
|
|
65
+ yrs old
|
1698
|
9.5
|
|
White
|
13247
|
74.2
|
|
Black
|
1305
|
7.3
|
|
Hispanic
|
2209
|
12.4
|
|
Asian
|
707
|
4.0
|
|
Other
|
384
|
2.2
|
The table below
lists the number of people on the National Transplant List by
UNOS region as
of September 30, 2000.
Also listed is
the average waiting period in days by region,
using Type
O Blood recipients only, for the period
1994 through 1996.
NOTE: Type
O Blood recipients have the longest wait on the Transplant List.
|
REGION/STATE
|
NUMBER
|
AVERAGE WAIT
PERIOD/DAYS (1994-1996)
(Type O
Blood)
|
| 1
-ME,VT,NH,CT,RI,MA
|
1194
|
958
|
| 2
-PA,NJ,DE,MD,WV,DC
|
2555
|
572
|
| 3
- AR,LA,MS,AL,GA,FL
|
1225
|
123
|
| 4
- TX,OK |
1117
|
213
|
| 5
- CA,NV,UT,AZ,NM,HI
|
4118
|
723
|
| 6
- WA,OR,ID,MT,AK | >
358
|
344
|
| 7
- ND,SD,MN,WI,IL | >
2129
|
393
|
| 8
- WY,CO,NE,KS,IA,MO
|
827
|
384
|
| 9
- NY |
2118
|
496
|
| 10
- MI,IN,OH |
955
|
475
|
| 11
- KY,TN,VA,NC,SC | >
1256
|
208
|
As
of November 27, 2000 there were 4696 liver transplants done in the US
using
both Cadaveric and Living Donors.
The Source of
information on this and the following pages is the
United Network
For Organ Sharing (UNOS).
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