Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart Recipients

Recipient Gender 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
Female 579 612 571 587 593 599 544 553 586 566
Male 1,714 1,736 1,617 1,612 1,609 1,556 1,513 1,462 1,539 1,626
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Female 25.3% 26.1% 26.1% 26.7% 26.9% 27.8% 26.4% 27.4% 27.6% 25.8%
Male 74.7% 73.9% 73.9% 73.3% 73.1% 72.2% 73.6% 72.6% 72.4% 74.2%


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.