Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Primary Payment Source 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
Private Insurance 574 541 530 613 644 679 684 653 872 824
Medicare 159 167 184 198 256 231 247 330 350 387
Medicaid 80 65 83 72 79 75 81 117 123 124
Other 52 47 57 58 54 44 58 57 60 56
Unknown 45 20 10 - 1 - - - - 10
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 63.1% 64.4% 61.3% 65.1% 62.3% 66.0% 63.9% 56.4% 62.1% 58.8%
Medicare 17.5% 19.9% 21.3% 21.0% 24.8% 22.4% 23.1% 28.5% 24.9% 27.6%
Medicaid 8.8% 7.7% 9.6% 7.7% 7.6% 7.3% 7.6% 10.1% 8.8% 8.9%
Other 5.7% 5.6% 6.6% 6.2% 5.2% 4.3% 5.4% 4.9% 4.3% 4.0%
Unknown 4.9% 2.4% 1.2% - 0.1% - - - - 0.7%


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.