Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Heart Recipients

Age at Transplant Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 2,343 2,293 2,348 2,188 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,057 2,016 2,126
<1 Year 74 95 81 60 73 64 71 82 72 81
1-5 Years 57 64 55 66 58 82 79 48 73 67
6-10 Years 36 37 41 37 47 27 41 51 44 44
11-17 Years 95 81 88 89 95 100 97 106 102 121
18-34 Years 191 180 176 184 168 195 204 193 212 240
35-49 Years 509 466 476 438 420 456 403 433 402 406
50-64 Years 1,218 1,179 1,225 1,105 1,122 1,069 1,039 970 930 958
65+ Years 163 191 206 209 216 209 221 174 181 209
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 3.2% 4.1% 3.4% 2.7% 3.3% 2.9% 3.3% 4.0% 3.6% 3.8%
1-5 Years 2.4% 2.8% 2.3% 3.0% 2.6% 3.7% 3.7% 2.3% 3.6% 3.2%
6-10 Years 1.5% 1.6% 1.7% 1.7% 2.1% 1.2% 1.9% 2.5% 2.2% 2.1%
11-17 Years 4.1% 3.5% 3.7% 4.1% 4.3% 4.5% 4.5% 5.2% 5.1% 5.7%
18-34 Years 8.2% 7.8% 7.5% 8.4% 7.6% 8.9% 9.5% 9.4% 10.5% 11.3%
35-49 Years 21.7% 20.3% 20.3% 20.0% 19.1% 20.7% 18.7% 21.1% 19.9% 19.1%
50-64 Years 52.0% 51.4% 52.2% 50.5% 51.0% 48.5% 48.2% 47.2% 46.1% 45.1%
65+ Years 7.0% 8.3% 8.8% 9.6% 9.8% 9.5% 10.3% 8.5% 9.0% 9.8%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(-) = None in category.

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