Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Recipient Blood Type Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 791 910 840 864 941 1,034 1,029 1,070 1,157 1,407
O 341 386 361 358 415 440 434 490 523 623
A 334 386 346 365 368 415 451 442 441 570
B 78 99 107 92 118 137 104 116 139 151
AB 38 39 26 49 40 42 40 22 54 63
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
O 43.1% 42.4% 43.0% 41.4% 44.1% 42.6% 42.2% 45.8% 45.2% 44.3%
A 42.2% 42.4% 41.2% 42.2% 39.1% 40.1% 43.8% 41.3% 38.1% 40.5%
B 9.9% 10.9% 12.7% 10.6% 12.5% 13.2% 10.1% 10.8% 12.0% 10.7%
AB 4.8% 4.3% 3.1% 5.7% 4.3% 4.1% 3.9% 2.1% 4.7% 4.5%


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 lung was one of the organs transplanted.