Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Recipient Ethnicity/Race 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
White 703 805 761 779 844 918 913 928 998 1,219
African American 52 68 41 52 67 87 62 71 89 109
Hispanic/Latino 30 30 26 24 25 22 41 47 57 54
Asian 3 6 8 5 2 6 8 18 9 17
Other/Multi-race 3 1 4 4 3 1 5 4 4 8
Unknown - - - - - - - 2 - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 88.9% 88.5% 90.6% 90.2% 89.7% 88.8% 88.7% 86.7% 86.3% 86.6%
African American 6.6% 7.5% 4.9% 6.0% 7.1% 8.4% 6.0% 6.6% 7.7% 7.7%
Hispanic/Latino 3.8% 3.3% 3.1% 2.8% 2.7% 2.1% 4.0% 4.4% 4.9% 3.8%
Asian 0.4% 0.7% 1.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.6% 0.8% 1.7% 0.8% 1.2%
Other/Multi-race 0.4% 0.1% 0.5% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 0.3% 0.6%
Unknown - - - - - - - 0.2% - -


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.