Fast Facts About Transplants, July 1, 2003

Measure Organ

Kidney Liver Pancreas Kidney-Pancreas Heart Lung Heart-Lung Intestine All
1. Patients on the waitlist, as of 06/30/2004* 56,490 17,368 1,447 2,419 3,494 3,893 192 195 85,498
2. Percent change in patients on the waitlist, from 07/01/2003 to 06/30/2004* 8% 3% 13% 4% -4% 3% 0% 19%
3. Number of patients who died while on the waitlist during year ending 06/30/2004* 3,281 1,666 34 201 494 475 21 49 6,221
4. Total transplants during year ending 06/30/2004 15,523 5,935 524 898 1,997 1,111 33 120 26,141**
Deceased donor transplants 8,985 5,587 524 896 1,997 1,094 33 115 19,231**
Living donor transplants, related and unrelated 6,538 348 0 2 0 17 0 5 6,910**
5. Percent change in total transplants during year ending 06/30/2004 3% 8% -4% 0% -7% 4% 10% 3%
Deceased donor transplants 5% 8% -4% 0% -7% 3% 10% 1%
Living donor transplants, related and unrelated 2% 14% 0 0 0 70% 0 0
6. Percent survival at one year after transplant, adult patients transplanted 07/01/2001-12/31/2003; between 07/01/2001-06/30/2003 for HR, HL and LU 96% 86% 96% 95% 87% 81% 66% 80%
* Patients registered on the waiting list multiple times are counted only once in this table.
** Total organs transplanted exceeds this number because heart-lung and kidney-pancreas transplants are counted only once in this table.
Source: This table is produced by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, under contract with Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The statistics are based on data available from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network as of 2004/10/31.