Table 8.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Kidney-Pancreas Recipients

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 853 972 941 915 891 905 871 881 903 924
Private Insurance 444 518 527 482 458 427 405 414 408 449
Medicare 355 394 367 386 376 413 421 403 440 403
Medicaid 41 36 33 25 40 48 33 52 46 40
Other 13 24 14 22 17 17 12 12 6 8
Unknown - - - - - - - - 3 24
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 52.1% 53.3% 56.0% 52.7% 51.4% 47.2% 46.5% 47.0% 45.2% 48.6%
Medicare 41.6% 40.5% 39.0% 42.2% 42.2% 45.6% 48.3% 45.7% 48.7% 43.6%
Medicaid 4.8% 3.7% 3.5% 2.7% 4.5% 5.3% 3.8% 5.9% 5.1% 4.3%
Other 1.5% 2.5% 1.5% 2.4% 1.9% 1.9% 1.4% 1.4% 0.7% 0.9%
Unknown - - - - - - - - 0.3% 2.6%


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a deceased donor kidney and pancreas were among the organs transplanted.