Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Heart Recipients

Recipient Blood Type 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
O 909 882 913 851 818 831 831 818 811 840
A 1,024 987 1,028 938 977 956 962 856 819 884
B 283 299 294 271 294 287 279 289 289 299
AB 127 125 113 128 110 128 83 94 97 103
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
O 38.8% 38.5% 38.9% 38.9% 37.2% 37.7% 38.6% 39.8% 40.2% 39.5%
A 43.7% 43.0% 43.8% 42.9% 44.4% 43.4% 44.6% 41.6% 40.6% 41.6%
B 12.1% 13.0% 12.5% 12.4% 13.4% 13.0% 12.9% 14.0% 14.3% 14.1%
AB 5.4% 5.5% 4.8% 5.9% 5.0% 5.8% 3.9% 4.6% 4.8% 4.8%


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.