Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Recipient Gender 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
Female 467 398 431 467 556 510 497 577 627 620
Male 443 442 433 474 478 519 573 580 778 781
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Female 51.3% 47.4% 49.9% 49.6% 53.8% 49.6% 46.4% 49.9% 44.6% 44.3%
Male 48.7% 52.6% 50.1% 50.4% 46.2% 50.4% 53.6% 50.1% 55.4% 55.7%


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.