Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Primary Diagnosis 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
Emphysema/COPD 337 310 341 339 379 411 472 405 426 426
Cystic Fibrosis 142 130 168 145 134 167 149 165 170 202
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 111 137 133 133 148 137 169 210 238 276
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 82 63 99 67 67 71 81 83 65 61
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 51 43 49 43 38 40 37 50 44 36
Congenital Disease 17 19 13 19 14 14 7 11 10 8
Other 102 87 100 91 82 99 119 103 115 127
Unknown 6 2 7 3 2 2 - 2 2 21
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 39.7% 39.2% 37.5% 40.4% 43.9% 43.7% 45.6% 39.4% 39.8% 36.8%
Cystic Fibrosis 16.7% 16.4% 18.5% 17.3% 15.5% 17.7% 14.4% 16.0% 15.9% 17.5%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 13.1% 17.3% 14.6% 15.8% 17.1% 14.6% 16.3% 20.4% 22.2% 23.9%
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 9.7% 8.0% 10.9% 8.0% 7.8% 7.5% 7.8% 8.1% 6.1% 5.3%
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 6.0% 5.4% 5.4% 5.1% 4.4% 4.3% 3.6% 4.9% 4.1% 3.1%
Congenital Disease 2.0% 2.4% 1.4% 2.3% 1.6% 1.5% 0.7% 1.1% 0.9% 0.7%
Other 12.0% 11.0% 11.0% 10.8% 9.5% 10.5% 11.5% 10.0% 10.7% 11.0%
Unknown 0.7% 0.3% 0.8% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% - 0.2% 0.2% 1.8%


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.