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Table 1.10

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 21,518 22,016 23,251 24,225 24,909 25,472 27,037 28,114 28,936 28,345
Private Insurance 10,745 11,352 12,161 12,247 12,627 12,752 13,034 13,402 13,843 13,197
Medicaid 1,779 1,794 1,835 2,050 2,104 2,213 2,491 2,676 2,812 2,712
Medicare 8,053 7,943 8,371 9,026 9,402 9,711 10,726 11,125 11,384 11,347
Other 752 845 882 899 774 795 783 905 896 851
Unknown 189 82 2 3 2 1 3 6 1 238
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 49.9% 51.6% 52.3% 50.6% 50.7% 50.1% 48.2% 47.7% 47.8% 46.6%
Medicaid 8.3% 8.1% 7.9% 8.5% 8.4% 8.7% 9.2% 9.5% 9.7% 9.6%
Medicare 37.4% 36.1% 36.0% 37.3% 37.7% 38.1% 39.7% 39.6% 39.3% 40.0%
Other 3.5% 3.8% 3.8% 3.7% 3.1% 3.1% 2.9% 3.2% 3.1% 3.0%
Unknown 0.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

These data include recipients of multi-organ transplants.

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

(-) = None in category.



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