Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Primary Payment Source 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
Private Insurance 501 500 574 541 530 613 644 674 684 652
Medicare 134 121 159 167 184 199 256 237 247 329
Medicaid 88 65 80 65 83 72 79 74 81 115
Other 42 48 52 47 57 57 54 44 58 57
Unknown 83 57 45 20 10 - 1 - - 4
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 59.1% 63.2% 63.1% 64.4% 61.3% 65.1% 62.3% 65.5% 63.9% 56.4%
Medicare 15.8% 15.3% 17.5% 19.9% 21.3% 21.1% 24.8% 23.0% 23.1% 28.4%
Medicaid 10.4% 8.2% 8.8% 7.7% 9.6% 7.7% 7.6% 7.2% 7.6% 9.9%
Other 5.0% 6.1% 5.7% 5.6% 6.6% 6.1% 5.2% 4.3% 5.4% 4.9%
Unknown 9.8% 7.2% 4.9% 2.4% 1.2% - 0.1% - - 0.3%


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.