Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Recipient Gender 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
Female 383 467 398 431 467 556 510 497 577 627
Male 408 443 442 433 474 478 519 573 580 780
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Female 48.4% 51.3% 47.4% 49.9% 49.6% 53.8% 49.6% 46.4% 49.9% 44.6%
Male 51.6% 48.7% 52.6% 50.1% 50.4% 46.2% 50.4% 53.6% 50.1% 55.4%


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.