Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart Recipients

Hospitalized at Tx 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
Not Hospitalized 723 641 859 962 949 946 982 1,002 1,137 1,191
Hospitalized 213 349 489 451 492 441 368 381 353 323
In Intensive Care 1,347 1,350 835 786 761 768 707 632 635 664
Unknown 10 8 5 - - - - - - 14
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Not Hospitalized 31.5% 27.3% 39.3% 43.7% 43.1% 43.9% 47.7% 49.7% 53.5% 54.3%
Hospitalized 9.3% 14.9% 22.3% 20.5% 22.3% 20.5% 17.9% 18.9% 16.6% 14.7%
In Intensive Care 58.7% 57.5% 38.2% 35.7% 34.6% 35.6% 34.4% 31.4% 29.9% 30.3%
Unknown 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% - - - - - - 0.6%


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.