Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1994 to 2003

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Recipient Race Year of Transplant
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total 708 848 791 910 840 864 941 1,034 1,029 1,070
White 665 780 733 834 786 800 866 937 950 973
African American 30 54 52 68 41 52 67 87 62 71
Asian 6 6 3 5 7 5 - 6 4 13
Other/Multi-race 5 8 3 3 6 7 8 4 13 11
Unknown 2 - - - - - - - - 2
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 93.9% 92.0% 92.7% 91.6% 93.6% 92.6% 92.0% 90.6% 92.3% 90.9%
African American 4.2% 6.4% 6.6% 7.5% 4.9% 6.0% 7.1% 8.4% 6.0% 6.6%
Asian 0.8% 0.7% 0.4% 0.5% 0.8% 0.6% - 0.6% 0.4% 1.2%
Other/Multi-race 0.7% 0.9% 0.4% 0.3% 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 0.4% 1.3% 1.0%
Unknown 0.3% - - - - - - - - 0.2%

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 lung was one of

the organs transplanted.