Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Primary Diagnosis 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
Emphysema/COPD 341 339 379 410 472 405 426 427 460 435
Cystic Fibrosis 168 145 134 167 149 165 170 202 202 231
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 133 133 148 137 167 210 238 276 393 400
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 99 67 67 72 81 83 65 61 56 48
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 50 43 38 40 37 50 43 36 40 33
Congenital Disease 13 19 14 14 7 11 11 7 2 1
Other 100 91 82 100 121 103 115 126 180 171
Unknown 6 3 2 1 - 2 2 22 72 82
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 37.5% 40.4% 43.9% 43.6% 45.6% 39.4% 39.8% 36.9% 32.7% 31.0%
Cystic Fibrosis 18.5% 17.3% 15.5% 17.7% 14.4% 16.0% 15.9% 17.5% 14.4% 16.5%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 14.6% 15.8% 17.1% 14.6% 16.2% 20.4% 22.2% 23.9% 28.0% 28.6%
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 10.9% 8.0% 7.8% 7.7% 7.8% 8.1% 6.1% 5.3% 4.0% 3.4%
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 5.5% 5.1% 4.4% 4.3% 3.6% 4.9% 4.0% 3.1% 2.8% 2.4%
Congenital Disease 1.4% 2.3% 1.6% 1.5% 0.7% 1.1% 1.0% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1%
Other 11.0% 10.8% 9.5% 10.6% 11.7% 10.0% 10.7% 10.9% 12.8% 12.2%
Unknown 0.7% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% - 0.2% 0.2% 1.9% 5.1% 5.9%


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.