TABLE 1.
Comparison of Quarterly (3‐Month Period) Wait‐List Additions, Wait‐List Deaths, and LT Surgeries for LT Stratified by US Regions in 2020
| Quarterly Mean in 2019* | April– June 2020 | Percent Change | July–September 2020 | Percent Change | October–December 2020 | Percent Change | Overall 2020 Quarterly Mean † | Percent Change [95% CI] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | |||||||||
| Additions | 3,223 | 2,819 | −12.1% | 3,279 | +2.2% | 3,161 | −1.47% | 3,086 | −4.0% [−10.9%, 2.9%] |
| Deaths | 301 | 274 | −8.4% | 272 | −9.0% | 267 | −10.7% | 271 | −9.4% [−17.8%, −1.0%] |
| Transplants | 2,093 | 1,996 | −4.2% | 2,175 | +4.4% | 2,138 | +2.6% | 2,103 | +1.0% [−3.3%, 5.3%] |
| ALD | |||||||||
| Additions | 1,191 | 1,117 | −5.7% | 1,337 | +12.8% | 1,256 | +6.0% | 1,237 | +4.4% [−4.4%, 13.2%] |
| Transplants | 760 | 758 | +0.3% | 891 | +17.9% | 846 | +11.9% | 832 | +9.1 [−0.6%, 17.6%] |
| SAH | |||||||||
| Additions | 42 | 44 | +4.8% | 81 | +92.9% | 82 | +95.2% | 69 | +64.3% [16.5%, 112.1%] |
| Transplants | 33 | 38 | +15.2% | 65 | +97.0% | 65 | +97.0% | 56 | +69.7% [24.0%, 115.4%] |
| U.S. Region ‡ | |||||||||
| Northeast | |||||||||
| Additions | 385 | 280 | −27.1% | 395 | +2.9% | 373 | −2.9% | 349 | −9.1% |
| Deaths | 54 | 53 | −1.9% | 40 | −25.9% | 33 | −38.9% | 42 | −22.2% |
| Transplants | 193 | 160 | −16.2% | 248 | +29.8% | 233 | +22.0% | 214 | +12.0% |
| Mid‐Atlantic | |||||||||
| Additions | 368 | 309 | −15.6% | 358 | −2.2% | 362 | −1.1% | 343 | −6.3% |
| Deaths | 45 | 47 | +6.8% | 44 | 0% | 38 | −13.6% | 43 | −2.2% |
| Transplants | 245 | 208 | −14.8% | 225 | −7.8% | 233 | −4.5% | 222 | −9.0% |
| Southeast | |||||||||
| Additions | 752 | 655 | −12.7% | 785 | +4.7% | 690 | −8.0% | 710 | −5.3% |
| Deaths | 55 | 54 | 0% | 49 | −9.3% | 44 | −18.5% | 49 | −9.3% |
| Transplants | 536 | 516 | −3.4% | 528 | −1.1% | 530 | −0.7% | 525 | −1.7% |
| North Midwest | |||||||||
| Additions | 691 | 612 | −11.2% | 689 | 0% | 649 | −5.8% | 650 | −6.0% |
| Deaths | 61 | 44 | −27.9% | 40 | −34.4% | 43 | −29.5% | 42 | −45.2% |
| Transplants | 502 | 504 | +0.8% | 533 | +6.6% | 498 | −0.4% | 512 | +2.3% |
| South Midwest | |||||||||
| Additions | 397 | 379 | −3.6% | 404 | +2.8% | 414 | +5.3% | 399 | 1.5% |
| Deaths | 32 | 25 | −21.9% | 38 | +18.8% | 45 | +40.6% | 36 | 11.1% |
| Transplants | 226 | 225 | 0% | 223 | −0.9% | 224 | −0.4% | 224 | 0% |
| Southwest | |||||||||
| Additions | 537 | 510 | −4.7% | 560 | +4.7% | 578 | +8.0% | 549 | +2.6% |
| Deaths | 48 | 46 | −4.2% | 55 | +14.6% | 56 | +16.7% | 52 | +8.3% |
| Transplants | 333 | 334 | +0.6% | 356 | +7.2% | 351 | +5.7% | 347 | +4.3% |
| Northwest | |||||||||
| Additions | 93 | 74 | −19.6% | 88 | −4.3% | 95 | +3.3% | 86 | −7.0% |
| Deaths | 5 | 5 | 0% | 6 | +20.0% | 8 | +60.0% | 6 | +20% |
| Transplants | 58 | 49 | −15.5% | 62 | +6.9% | 69 | +19.0% | 60 | +3.4% |
Quarterly mean number of wait‐list additions, wait‐list deaths, and transplants performed calculated from April 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019.
Quarterly mean number of wait‐list additions, wait‐list deaths, and transplants performed calculated from April 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020.
States included within each UNOS Region:
Northeast: UNOS Region 1 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Eastern Vermont) and UNOS Region 9 (New York, and Western Vermont).
Mid‐Atlantic: UNOS Region 2 (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Northern Virginia).
Southeast: UNOS Region 3 (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Puerto Rico) and UNOS Region 11 (Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia).
North Midwest: UNOS Region 7 (Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin), UNOS Region 8 (Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Wyoming) and UNOS Region 10 (Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio). Great Lakes and Midwest regions combined into North Midwest.
South Midwest: UNOS Region 4 (Oklahoma and Texas).
Southwest: UNOS Region 5 (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah).
Northwest: UNOS Region 6 (Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington).