Table 13.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart-Lung Recipients

Recipient Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 62 47 51 48 27 33 29 40 35 31
White 45 40 47 39 22 27 20 29 24 22
African American 6 4 1 3 3 1 4 2 6 2
Hispanic/Latino 7 3 3 5 2 1 5 6 3 2
Asian 4 - - 1 - - - 2 2 5
Other/Multi-race - - - - - 4 - 1 - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 72.6% 85.1% 92.2% 81.3% 81.5% 81.8% 69.0% 72.5% 68.6% 71.0%
African American 9.7% 8.5% 2.0% 6.3% 11.1% 3.0% 13.8% 5.0% 17.1% 6.5%
Hispanic/Latino 11.3% 6.4% 5.9% 10.4% 7.4% 3.0% 17.2% 15.0% 8.6% 6.5%
Asian 6.5% - - 2.1% - - - 5.0% 5.7% 16.1%
Other/Multi-race - - - - - 12.1% - 2.5% - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a heart and a lung were among the organs transplanted.