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Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Heart Recipients

Age at Transplant	Year of Transplant
Age at Transplant	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	2,188	2,199	2,202	2,155	2,057	2,015	2,125	2,193	2,209	2,163
<1 Year	60	73	64	71	82	72	81	89	87	100
1-5 Years	66	58	82	79	48	73	68	73	75	102
6-11 Years	50	59	42	58	70	55	49	50	59	65
12-17 Years	76	83	85	80	87	91	116	102	106	99
18-34 Years	183	168	194	204	193	212	240	230	235	205
35-49 Years	439	420	457	403	431	401	406	440	440	419
50-64 Years	1,105	1,122	1,069	1,039	972	930	956	966	961	919
65+ Years	209	216	209	221	174	181	209	243	246	254
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
<1 Year	2.7%	3.3%	2.9%	3.3%	4.0%	3.6%	3.8%	4.1%	3.9%	4.6%
1-5 Years	3.0%	2.6%	3.7%	3.7%	2.3%	3.6%	3.2%	3.3%	3.4%	4.7%
6-11 Years	2.3%	2.7%	1.9%	2.7%	3.4%	2.7%	2.3%	2.3%	2.7%	3.0%
12-17 Years	3.5%	3.8%	3.9%	3.7%	4.2%	4.5%	5.5%	4.7%	4.8%	4.6%
18-34 Years	8.4%	7.6%	8.8%	9.5%	9.4%	10.5%	11.3%	10.5%	10.6%	9.5%
35-49 Years	20.1%	19.1%	20.8%	18.7%	21.0%	19.9%	19.1%	20.1%	19.9%	19.4%
50-64 Years	50.5%	51.0%	48.5%	48.2%	47.3%	46.2%	45.0%	44.0%	43.5%	42.5%
65+ Years	9.6%	9.8%	9.5%	10.3%	8.5%	9.0%	9.8%	11.1%	11.1%	11.7%

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 heart was one of the organs transplanted.

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