The Latest Information About Living Donor Liver Transplant in The US & Overseas

2022: Key Numbers

Number of Deceased Donors	14,903
Increase from 2021	↑ 7.5%
Key Milestone	12th consecutive year with an increase in deceased donation

Total Number of Liver Transplants Since 1988	202,394
Living Donor Transplants Since 1988	9,084 or 4.5% of total
Deceased Donor Transplants Since 1988	193,311 or 95.5% of total
2022: Number of Liver Transplants	9,528 (up 6.8% vs. 2021)
2022 Living Donor Transplants	603 or 6.3% of total
2022 Deceased Donor Transplants	8,925 or 93.7% of total
Key Milestone	2022: most living donor liver transplants ever
Increase in Living Donor Transplants from 2021	6.0%
Increase in Deceased Donor Transplants from 2021	3.2%

* Total kidney transplant exceed 25,000 for the first year ever.

*Annual records also set for liver, heart and lung transplants.

Total Number of Living Kidney & Liver Donors	6,466*
Decrease from 2021	1.2%
Living Liver Donors	603
Living Kidney Donors	5863

* Living donor transplant volumes were negatively impacted in 2020, 2021 & 2022 by the COVID-19 pandemic.

USA	Deceased donor is predominant form of transplant
South & Southeast Asia	Living donor is predominant form of transplant mainly due to cultural beliefs and religious differences related to deceased donor transplant
Knowledge Sharing	Many surgeons from USA travel to Japan, South Korea and China to learn latest techniques and share best practices

Liver	603 living donor transplants	6.3% of total liver transplants
Kidney	5,863 living donor transplants	23.0% of total kidney transplants

Liver	10,448
Kidney	88,765
Liver Wait List Outcomes	Approximately 15 – 20% of patients awaiting a liver transplant die or become too sick to receive a transplant

*A patient who is waiting at more than one center, or for multiple organs, would be counted as only one candidate.