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Table 1.10

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 22,017 23,256 24,232 24,909 25,472 27,038 28,116 28,938 28,361 27,961
Private Insurance 11,353 12,165 12,251 12,628 12,765 13,034 13,391 13,836 13,345 13,093
Medicaid 1,795 1,835 2,051 2,105 2,221 2,493 2,679 2,813 2,724 2,615
Medicare 7,942 8,372 9,027 9,401 9,688 10,726 11,136 11,392 11,422 11,358
Other 845 882 899 773 797 783 905 896 856 841
Unknown 82 2 4 2 1 2 5 1 14 54
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 51.6% 52.3% 50.6% 50.7% 50.1% 48.2% 47.6% 47.8% 47.1% 46.8%
Medicaid 8.2% 7.9% 8.5% 8.5% 8.7% 9.2% 9.5% 9.7% 9.6% 9.4%
Medicare 36.1% 36.0% 37.3% 37.7% 38.0% 39.7% 39.6% 39.4% 40.3% 40.6%
Other 3.8% 3.8% 3.7% 3.1% 3.1% 2.9% 3.2% 3.1% 3.0% 3.0%
Unknown 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

These data include recipients of multi-organ transplants.

(%) = Percentages are calculated based on totals including missing and unknown cases.

(-) = None in category.



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