Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Recipient Ethnicity/Race 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
White 805 761 779 844 918 913 928 998 1,217 1,194
African American 68 41 52 67 87 62 71 89 109 124
Hispanic/Latino 30 26 24 25 22 41 47 57 54 63
Asian 6 8 5 2 6 8 18 9 17 13
Other/Multi-race 1 4 4 3 1 5 4 4 8 7
Unknown - - - - - - 2 - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 88.5% 90.6% 90.2% 89.7% 88.8% 88.7% 86.7% 86.3% 86.6% 85.2%
African American 7.5% 4.9% 6.0% 7.1% 8.4% 6.0% 6.6% 7.7% 7.8% 8.9%
Hispanic/Latino 3.3% 3.1% 2.8% 2.7% 2.1% 4.0% 4.4% 4.9% 3.8% 4.5%
Asian 0.7% 1.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.6% 0.8% 1.7% 0.8% 1.2% 0.9%
Other/Multi-race 0.1% 0.5% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 0.3% 0.6% 0.5%
Unknown - - - - - - 0.2% - - -


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 lung was one of the organs transplanted.