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Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Primary Diagnosis Year of Transplant
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 840 864 941 1,034 1,029 1,070 1,157 1,405 1,401 1,465
Emphysema/COPD 339 379 410 472 405 426 426 459 435 434
Cystic Fibrosis 145 134 167 149 165 170 202 202 231 218
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 133 148 137 167 211 238 277 393 400 485
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 67 67 72 81 83 65 61 56 48 41
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 43 38 40 37 50 44 36 40 33 31
Congenital Disease 19 14 14 7 11 10 7 2 1 2
Other 91 82 100 121 102 116 127 182 172 171
Unknown 3 2 1 - 2 1 21 71 81 83
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 40.4% 43.9% 43.6% 45.6% 39.4% 39.8% 36.8% 32.7% 31.0% 29.6%
Cystic Fibrosis 17.3% 15.5% 17.7% 14.4% 16.0% 15.9% 17.5% 14.4% 16.5% 14.9%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 15.8% 17.1% 14.6% 16.2% 20.5% 22.2% 23.9% 28.0% 28.6% 33.1%
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 8.0% 7.8% 7.7% 7.8% 8.1% 6.1% 5.3% 4.0% 3.4% 2.8%
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 5.1% 4.4% 4.3% 3.6% 4.9% 4.1% 3.1% 2.8% 2.4% 2.1%
Congenital Disease 2.3% 1.6% 1.5% 0.7% 1.1% 0.9% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
Other 10.8% 9.5% 10.6% 11.7% 9.9% 10.8% 11.0% 13.0% 12.3% 11.7%
Unknown 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% - 0.2% 0.1% 1.8% 5.1% 5.8% 5.7%


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

(-) = 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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