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Table 12.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Type of Procedure 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
Single Lung 469 506 507 585 501 506 504 586 504 520
Double Lung 371 358 434 449 528 564 653 819 897 945
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Single Lung 55.8% 58.6% 53.9% 56.6% 48.7% 47.3% 43.6% 41.7% 36.0% 35.5%
Double Lung 44.2% 41.4% 46.1% 43.4% 51.3% 52.7% 56.4% 58.3% 64.0% 64.5%


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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