Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Type of Procedure 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
Double Lung 432 371 358 434 449 528 564 653 819 897
Single Lung 478 469 506 507 585 501 506 504 586 504
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Double Lung 47.5% 44.2% 41.4% 46.1% 43.4% 51.3% 52.7% 56.4% 58.3% 64.0%
Single Lung 52.5% 55.8% 58.6% 53.9% 56.6% 48.7% 47.3% 43.6% 41.7% 36.0%


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.