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Table 4
Waitlist Activity and Patient Vital Status at 6, 12, and 18 Months Since Waitlisting
Patients placed on waitlist between 01/01/1999 and 12/31/1999
National Report
Organ: LI: Liver
           
U.S. (N=10,947)
Waitlist status (survival status) Months Since Waitlisting†
      6 12 18
Alive on waitlist  (%) 60.0 45.3 36.2
Died on the waitlist without transplant   (%) 9.6 12.4 14.0
Removed without transplant:  (%)
  Condition worsened (status unknown) 2.2 3.1 3.7
  Condition improved (status unknown) 1.6 2.0 2.3
Refused transplant (status unknown) 0.1 0.2 0.3
Other 1.0 1.5 2.1
Transplant (Living donor from waitlist only):  (%)
Functioning (alive) 0.4 0.5 0.5
Failed-Retransplanted (alive) 0.0 0.1 0.1
Failed-alive not retransplanted 0.0 0.0 0.0
Died 0.0 0.1 0.1
Status Unknown 1.0 1.4 1.8
Transplant (Cadaveric):  (%)
Functioning (alive) 15.9 20.5 16.4
Failed-Retransplanted (alive) 0.9 1.3 1.5
Failed-alive not retransplanted 0.1 0.1 0.1
Died 2.3 3.4 4.2
Status Unknown 3.2 5.8 13.8
Lost or Transferred (status unknown)  (%) 1.4 2.3 3.0
TOTAL  (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0
         
Total % known died on waitlist or after transplant 12.0 15.8 18.3
Total % known died or removed as unstable 14.2 19.0 22.1
Total % removed for transplant 23.9 33.1 38.4
  Total % with known functioning transplant (alive) 16.3 21.0 16.9
†Percents for top section add to 100% for each column.
NOTE: All patients (100%) are alive on the waitlist at month 0 since waitlisting and move to other categories as time
progresses.
Based on data available as of 11/01/2001.
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