Table 1.10

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 19,747 20,303 21,518 22,015 23,247 24,218 24,906 25,468 27,034 28,105
Private Insurance 8,845 9,436 10,746 11,353 12,158 12,258 12,646 12,787 13,055 13,255
Medicare 7,866 8,149 8,053 7,941 8,370 9,013 9,386 9,678 10,706 10,955
Medicaid 1,868 1,755 1,778 1,793 1,831 2,046 2,099 2,205 2,477 2,644
Other 789 760 752 845 886 898 774 797 793 899
Unknown 379 203 189 83 2 3 1 1 3 352
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 44.8% 46.5% 49.9% 51.6% 52.3% 50.6% 50.8% 50.2% 48.3% 47.2%
Medicare 39.8% 40.1% 37.4% 36.1% 36.0% 37.2% 37.7% 38.0% 39.6% 39.0%
Medicaid 9.5% 8.6% 8.3% 8.1% 7.9% 8.4% 8.4% 8.7% 9.2% 9.4%
Other 4.0% 3.7% 3.5% 3.8% 3.8% 3.7% 3.1% 3.1% 2.9% 3.2%
Unknown 1.9% 1.0% 0.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%


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

These data include recipients of multi-organ transplants.

(%) = Percentages are calculated based on totals including missing and unknown cases.

(-) = None in category.