Table 5.4b

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Recipients of Deceased Donor ECD Kidneys

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 1,013 1,089 1,144 1,225 1,235 1,184 1,192 1,255 1,396 1,439
Private Insurance 249 311 317 369 406 372 368 373 442 417
Medicare 671 671 754 763 747 735 768 817 875 925
Medicaid 61 67 53 73 52 60 43 50 58 69
Other 18 22 20 13 29 16 13 15 21 21
Unknown 14 18 - 7 1 1 - - - 7
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 24.6% 28.6% 27.7% 30.1% 32.9% 31.4% 30.9% 29.7% 31.7% 29.0%
Medicare 66.2% 61.6% 65.9% 62.3% 60.5% 62.1% 64.4% 65.1% 62.7% 64.3%
Medicaid 6.0% 6.2% 4.6% 6.0% 4.2% 5.1% 3.6% 4.0% 4.2% 4.8%
Other 1.8% 2.0% 1.7% 1.1% 2.3% 1.4% 1.1% 1.2% 1.5% 1.5%
Unknown 1.4% 1.7% - 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% - - - 0.5%


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

(-) = None in category.

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