Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Primary Payment Source 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
Private Insurance 500 574 541 530 613 644 676 684 654 871
Medicare 121 159 167 184 198 256 235 247 330 349
Medicaid 65 80 65 83 72 79 74 81 116 122
Other 48 52 47 57 58 54 44 58 57 60
Unknown 57 45 20 10 - 1 - - - 5
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 63.2% 63.1% 64.4% 61.3% 65.1% 62.3% 65.7% 63.9% 56.5% 61.9%
Medicare 15.3% 17.5% 19.9% 21.3% 21.0% 24.8% 22.8% 23.1% 28.5% 24.8%
Medicaid 8.2% 8.8% 7.7% 9.6% 7.7% 7.6% 7.2% 7.6% 10.0% 8.7%
Other 6.1% 5.7% 5.6% 6.6% 6.2% 5.2% 4.3% 5.4% 4.9% 4.3%
Unknown 7.2% 4.9% 2.4% 1.2% - 0.1% - - - 0.4%


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.