Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart Recipients

Recipient Blood Type 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
O 882 913 851 818 831 831 818 810 841 879
A 987 1,028 938 977 956 962 856 819 882 917
B 299 294 271 294 287 279 289 289 299 302
AB 125 113 128 110 128 83 94 97 103 94
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
O 38.5% 38.9% 38.9% 37.2% 37.7% 38.6% 39.8% 40.2% 39.6% 40.1%
A 43.0% 43.8% 42.9% 44.4% 43.4% 44.6% 41.6% 40.6% 41.5% 41.8%
B 13.0% 12.5% 12.4% 13.4% 13.0% 12.9% 14.0% 14.3% 14.1% 13.8%
AB 5.5% 4.8% 5.9% 5.0% 5.8% 3.9% 4.6% 4.8% 4.8% 4.3%


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.