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Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Heart Recipients

Age at Transplant Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,057 2,015 2,125 2,193 2,209 2,163 2,212
<1 Year 73 64 71 82 72 81 89 87 100 116
1-5 Years 58 82 79 48 73 68 73 75 102 82
6-11 Years 59 42 58 70 55 49 50 59 65 58
12-17 Years 83 85 80 87 91 116 102 106 99 103
18-34 Years 168 194 204 193 212 240 230 235 205 207
35-49 Years 420 457 403 432 401 406 440 440 419 395
50-64 Years 1,122 1,069 1,039 972 930 956 966 961 919 964
65+ Years 216 209 221 173 181 209 243 246 254 287
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 3.3% 2.9% 3.3% 4.0% 3.6% 3.8% 4.1% 3.9% 4.6% 5.2%
1-5 Years 2.6% 3.7% 3.7% 2.3% 3.6% 3.2% 3.3% 3.4% 4.7% 3.7%
6-11 Years 2.7% 1.9% 2.7% 3.4% 2.7% 2.3% 2.3% 2.7% 3.0% 2.6%
12-17 Years 3.8% 3.9% 3.7% 4.2% 4.5% 5.5% 4.7% 4.8% 4.6% 4.7%
18-34 Years 7.6% 8.8% 9.5% 9.4% 10.5% 11.3% 10.5% 10.6% 9.5% 9.4%
35-49 Years 19.1% 20.8% 18.7% 21.0% 19.9% 19.1% 20.1% 19.9% 19.4% 17.9%
50-64 Years 51.0% 48.5% 48.2% 47.3% 46.2% 45.0% 44.0% 43.5% 42.5% 43.6%
65+ Years 9.8% 9.5% 10.3% 8.4% 9.0% 9.8% 11.1% 11.1% 11.7% 13.0%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(-) = 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.