Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1994 to 2003

Heart Recipients

Age at Transplant Year of Transplant
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total 2,337 2,363 2,342 2,293 2,348 2,188 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,055
<1 Year 90 91 74 95 81 60 73 64 71 82
1-5 Years 63 60 57 64 55 66 58 82 79 48
6-10 Years 38 41 36 37 41 37 47 27 41 51
11-17 Years 71 79 95 81 88 89 95 100 97 106
18-34 Years 176 178 191 180 176 184 168 195 204 192
35-49 Years 550 527 509 465 476 438 420 456 403 433
50-64 Years 1,253 1,247 1,218 1,180 1,225 1,105 1,122 1,069 1,039 969
65+ Years 96 140 162 191 206 209 216 209 221 174
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 3.9% 3.9% 3.2% 4.1% 3.4% 2.7% 3.3% 2.9% 3.3% 4.0%
1-5 Years 2.7% 2.5% 2.4% 2.8% 2.3% 3.0% 2.6% 3.7% 3.7% 2.3%
6-10 Years 1.6% 1.7% 1.5% 1.6% 1.7% 1.7% 2.1% 1.2% 1.9% 2.5%
11-17 Years 3.0% 3.3% 4.1% 3.5% 3.7% 4.1% 4.3% 4.5% 4.5% 5.2%
18-34 Years 7.5% 7.5% 8.2% 7.8% 7.5% 8.4% 7.6% 8.9% 9.5% 9.3%
35-49 Years 23.5% 22.3% 21.7% 20.3% 20.3% 20.0% 19.1% 20.7% 18.7% 21.1%
50-64 Years 53.6% 52.8% 52.0% 51.5% 52.2% 50.5% 51.0% 48.5% 48.2% 47.2%
65+ Years 4.1% 5.9% 6.9% 8.3% 8.8% 9.6% 9.8% 9.5% 10.3% 8.5%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than heart-lung, in which a deceased donor heart was one of

the organs transplanted.