Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart Recipients

Age at Transplant Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 2,293 2,348 2,188 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,057 2,015 2,125 2,192
<1 Year 95 81 60 73 64 71 82 72 81 89
1-5 Years 64 55 66 58 82 79 48 73 68 73
6-10 Years 37 41 37 47 27 41 51 44 44 38
11-17 Years 81 88 89 95 100 97 106 102 121 114
18-34 Years 180 176 183 168 195 204 193 212 240 229
35-49 Years 466 476 439 420 456 403 432 401 405 438
50-64 Years 1,179 1,225 1,105 1,122 1,069 1,039 971 930 957 968
65+ Years 191 206 209 216 209 221 174 181 209 243
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 4.1% 3.4% 2.7% 3.3% 2.9% 3.3% 4.0% 3.6% 3.8% 4.1%
1-5 Years 2.8% 2.3% 3.0% 2.6% 3.7% 3.7% 2.3% 3.6% 3.2% 3.3%
6-10 Years 1.6% 1.7% 1.7% 2.1% 1.2% 1.9% 2.5% 2.2% 2.1% 1.7%
11-17 Years 3.5% 3.7% 4.1% 4.3% 4.5% 4.5% 5.2% 5.1% 5.7% 5.2%
18-34 Years 7.8% 7.5% 8.4% 7.6% 8.9% 9.5% 9.4% 10.5% 11.3% 10.4%
35-49 Years 20.3% 20.3% 20.1% 19.1% 20.7% 18.7% 21.0% 19.9% 19.1% 20.0%
50-64 Years 51.4% 52.2% 50.5% 51.0% 48.5% 48.2% 47.2% 46.2% 45.0% 44.2%
65+ Years 8.3% 8.8% 9.6% 9.8% 9.5% 10.3% 8.5% 9.0% 9.8% 11.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(-) = 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.