Table 5.4b

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Deceased Donor Expanded Criteria Donors (ECD) Kidneys

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 1,144 1,225 1,235 1,184 1,199 1,285 1,469 1,565 1,777 1,815
Private Insurance 317 369 406 372 371 376 471 448 480 487
Medicare 754 763 747 736 772 842 916 1,019 1,193 1,181
Medicaid 53 73 52 59 43 52 61 78 74 98
Other 20 13 29 16 13 15 21 20 30 23
Unknown - 7 1 1 - - - - - 26
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 27.7% 30.1% 32.9% 31.4% 30.9% 29.3% 32.1% 28.6% 27.0% 26.8%
Medicare 65.9% 62.3% 60.5% 62.2% 64.4% 65.5% 62.4% 65.1% 67.1% 65.1%
Medicaid 4.6% 6.0% 4.2% 5.0% 3.6% 4.0% 4.2% 5.0% 4.2% 5.4%
Other 1.7% 1.1% 2.3% 1.4% 1.1% 1.2% 1.4% 1.3% 1.7% 1.3%
Unknown - 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% - - - - - 1.4%


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than kidney-pancreas, in which a deceased donor Expanded Criteria Donors (ECD) kidney was one of the organs transplanted.

Donors are divided into two mutually exclusive and complete categories. All donors meeting the criteria

for Expanded Criteria Donors for Kidney are classified as ECD, regardless of whether the kidneys were allocated under the ECD system. Non-ECDs include all other donors, including SCDs and DCDs.