Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Recipient Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 848 791 910 840 864 941 1,034 1,029 1,070 1,157
White 750 703 805 761 779 844 918 913 928 998
African American 54 52 68 41 52 67 87 62 71 89
Hispanic/Latino 32 30 30 26 24 25 22 41 47 57
Asian 7 3 6 8 5 2 6 8 18 9
Other/Multi-race 5 3 1 4 4 3 1 5 4 4
Unknown - - - - - - - - 2 -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 88.4% 88.9% 88.5% 90.6% 90.2% 89.7% 88.8% 88.7% 86.7% 86.3%
African American 6.4% 6.6% 7.5% 4.9% 6.0% 7.1% 8.4% 6.0% 6.6% 7.7%
Hispanic/Latino 3.8% 3.8% 3.3% 3.1% 2.8% 2.7% 2.1% 4.0% 4.4% 4.9%
Asian 0.8% 0.4% 0.7% 1.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.6% 0.8% 1.7% 0.8%
Other/Multi-race 0.6% 0.4% 0.1% 0.5% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 0.3%
Unknown - - - - - - - - 0.2% -


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than heart-lung, in which a deceased donor lung was one ofthe organs transplanted.