Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Recipient Blood Type Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 910 840 864 941 1,034 1,029 1,070 1,157 1,405 1,401
O 386 361 358 415 440 434 490 522 623 622
A 386 346 365 368 415 451 442 442 568 591
B 99 107 92 118 137 104 116 139 151 141
AB 39 26 49 40 42 40 22 54 63 47
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
O 42.4% 43.0% 41.4% 44.1% 42.6% 42.2% 45.8% 45.1% 44.3% 44.4%
A 42.4% 41.2% 42.2% 39.1% 40.1% 43.8% 41.3% 38.2% 40.4% 42.2%
B 10.9% 12.7% 10.6% 12.5% 13.2% 10.1% 10.8% 12.0% 10.7% 10.1%
AB 4.3% 3.1% 5.7% 4.3% 4.1% 3.9% 2.1% 4.7% 4.5% 3.4%


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 lung was one of the organs transplanted.