Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1994 to 2003

Heart Recipients

Recipient Blood Type Year of Transplant
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total 2,337 2,363 2,342 2,293 2,348 2,188 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,055
O 904 891 911 885 918 856 818 831 831 817
A 1,021 1,054 1,023 988 1,024 932 977 956 962 856
B 305 309 282 296 293 272 294 287 279 288
AB 107 109 126 124 113 128 110 128 83 94
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
O 38.7% 37.7% 38.9% 38.6% 39.1% 39.1% 37.2% 37.7% 38.6% 39.8%
A 43.7% 44.6% 43.7% 43.1% 43.6% 42.6% 44.4% 43.4% 44.6% 41.7%
B 13.1% 13.1% 12.0% 12.9% 12.5% 12.4% 13.4% 13.0% 12.9% 14.0%
AB 4.6% 4.6% 5.4% 5.4% 4.8% 5.9% 5.0% 5.8% 3.9% 4.6%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than heart-lung, in which a deceased donor heart was one of

the organs transplanted.