Table 1.10

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 19,390 19,747 20,302 21,513 22,013 23,239 24,213 24,903 25,464 27,031
Private Insurance 8,536 8,844 9,432 10,744 11,350 12,156 12,249 12,630 12,750 12,940
Medicare 7,787 7,866 8,151 8,052 7,941 8,362 9,016 9,393 9,695 10,612
Medicaid 1,736 1,868 1,755 1,776 1,794 1,830 2,038 2,091 2,195 2,445
Other 847 789 760 752 845 886 902 774 800 786
Unknown 484 380 204 189 83 5 8 15 24 248
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 44.0% 44.8% 46.5% 49.9% 51.6% 52.3% 50.6% 50.7% 50.1% 47.9%
Medicare 40.2% 39.8% 40.1% 37.4% 36.1% 36.0% 37.2% 37.7% 38.1% 39.3%
Medicaid 9.0% 9.5% 8.6% 8.3% 8.1% 7.9% 8.4% 8.4% 8.6% 9.0%
Other 4.4% 4.0% 3.7% 3.5% 3.8% 3.8% 3.7% 3.1% 3.1% 2.9%
Unknown 2.5% 1.9% 1.0% 0.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.9%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

These data include recipients of multi-organ transplants.

(%) = Percentages are calculated based on totals including missing and unknown cases.

(-) = None in category.