The Latest Information About Living Donor Liver Transplant

2021: Key Numbers

Total Number of Deceased Donors	13,861
Increase from 2020	↑ 10.1%
Key Milestone	11 consecutive years with an increase in deceased donation

Total Number of Liver Transplants Since 1988	190,470
Living Donors Since 1988	8,319 or 4.4% of total
Deceased Donors Since 1988	182,151 or 95.6% of total
2021: Number of Liver Transplants	9,236 (up 3.7% vs. 2020)
2021 Living Donors	569 or 6.2% of total
2021 Deceased Donors	8,667 or 93.8% of total
Key Milestone	2021 was the year with the most living donor liver transplants ever
Increase in Living Donor Transplants from 2020	↑15.8%
Increase in Deceased Donor Transplants from 2020	+3.0% (11 consecutive years with an increase in deceased donation)

* All organs set annual volume records
* Liver has set an annual volume record for each of the last 9 years

Total Number of Living Donors	6,541*
Increase from 2020	↑ 14.2%
Living Liver Donors	569
Living Kidney Donors	5970

* Living donor transplant volumes were negatively impacted in both 2020 and 2021 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	569 transplants	5.6% of overall number of liver transplants
Kidney	5,970 transplants	31.1% of overall number of kidney transplants

Liver	11,513
Kidney	90,315
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.