Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Type of Procedure 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
Double Lung 388 432 371 358 434 449 528 564 653 822
Single Lung 403 478 469 506 507 585 501 506 504 585
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Double Lung 49.1% 47.5% 44.2% 41.4% 46.1% 43.4% 51.3% 52.7% 56.4% 58.4%
Single Lung 50.9% 52.5% 55.8% 58.6% 53.9% 56.6% 48.7% 47.3% 43.6% 41.6%


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.