Table 1.10

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 20,305 21,518 22,016 23,248 24,220 24,907 25,470 27,035 28,108 28,930
Private Insurance 9,439 10,745 11,353 12,159 12,244 12,625 12,753 13,026 13,408 13,726
Medicare 8,148 8,053 7,942 8,371 9,028 9,408 9,711 10,743 11,115 11,220
Medicaid 1,755 1,778 1,794 1,834 2,047 2,101 2,210 2,480 2,673 2,783
Other 760 752 845 882 898 773 795 784 907 893
Unknown 203 190 82 2 3 - 1 2 5 308
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 46.5% 49.9% 51.6% 52.3% 50.6% 50.7% 50.1% 48.2% 47.7% 47.4%
Medicare 40.1% 37.4% 36.1% 36.0% 37.3% 37.8% 38.1% 39.7% 39.5% 38.8%
Medicaid 8.6% 8.3% 8.1% 7.9% 8.5% 8.4% 8.7% 9.2% 9.5% 9.6%
Other 3.7% 3.5% 3.8% 3.8% 3.7% 3.1% 3.1% 2.9% 3.2% 3.1%
Unknown 1.0% 0.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

These data include recipients of multi-organ transplants.

(%) = Percentages are calculated based on totals including missing and unknown cases.

(-) = None in category.