Fewer women get off the waitlist for deceased donor liver transplant than men

Number of candidates removed from the US liver waitlist for receiving a deceased donor transplant by sex.

Stacked bar chart showing the number of people removed from the US liver transplant waitlist each year after receiving a deceased donor liver, split by sex, from 2005 to 2025. Men outnumber women every year.

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People leave the waitlist for several reasons, including transplant, death, and becoming too sick for surgery. This chart shows only removals for deceased donor transplant.

Chart: Anusha Subramanian/VoxSource: Health Resources & Services Administration