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Table 12.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Type of Procedure Year of Transplant
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 864 941 1,034 1,029 1,070 1,157 1,405 1,401 1,465 1,478
Single Lung 506 507 585 501 506 504 586 504 520 496
Double Lung 358 434 449 528 564 653 819 897 945 982
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Single Lung 58.6% 53.9% 56.6% 48.7% 47.3% 43.6% 41.7% 36.0% 35.5% 33.6%
Double Lung 41.4% 46.1% 43.4% 51.3% 52.7% 56.4% 58.3% 64.0% 64.5% 66.4%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(-) = 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.



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