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Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Heart Recipients

Recipient Blood Type Year of 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
A 938 977 956 962 856 819 882 917 894 869
AB 128 110 128 83 94 97 103 94 110 115
B 271 294 287 279 289 289 299 303 308 315
O 851 818 831 831 818 810 841 879 897 864
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
A 42.9% 44.4% 43.4% 44.6% 41.6% 40.6% 41.5% 41.8% 40.5% 40.2%
AB 5.9% 5.0% 5.8% 3.9% 4.6% 4.8% 4.8% 4.3% 5.0% 5.3%
B 12.4% 13.4% 13.0% 12.9% 14.0% 14.3% 14.1% 13.8% 13.9% 14.6%
O 38.9% 37.2% 37.7% 38.6% 39.8% 40.2% 39.6% 40.1% 40.6% 39.9%


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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