Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Primary Diagnosis 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
Emphysema/COPD 310 341 339 379 411 472 405 426 426 459
Cystic Fibrosis 130 168 145 134 167 149 165 170 202 202
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 137 133 133 148 137 169 210 238 276 394
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 63 99 67 67 71 81 83 65 61 56
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 43 50 43 38 40 37 50 44 36 41
Congenital Disease 19 13 19 14 14 7 11 10 8 3
Other 87 100 91 82 99 119 103 115 126 181
Unknown 2 6 3 2 2 - 2 2 22 71
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 39.2% 37.5% 40.4% 43.9% 43.7% 45.6% 39.4% 39.8% 36.8% 32.6%
Cystic Fibrosis 16.4% 18.5% 17.3% 15.5% 17.7% 14.4% 16.0% 15.9% 17.5% 14.4%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 17.3% 14.6% 15.8% 17.1% 14.6% 16.3% 20.4% 22.2% 23.9% 28.0%
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 8.0% 10.9% 8.0% 7.8% 7.5% 7.8% 8.1% 6.1% 5.3% 4.0%
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 5.4% 5.5% 5.1% 4.4% 4.3% 3.6% 4.9% 4.1% 3.1% 2.9%
Congenital Disease 2.4% 1.4% 2.3% 1.6% 1.5% 0.7% 1.1% 0.9% 0.7% 0.2%
Other 11.0% 11.0% 10.8% 9.5% 10.5% 11.5% 10.0% 10.7% 10.9% 12.9%
Unknown 0.3% 0.7% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% - 0.2% 0.2% 1.9% 5.0%


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.