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Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Heart Recipients

Recipient Blood Type 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
A 977 956 962 856 819 882 917 894 869 900
AB 110 128 83 94 97 103 94 110 115 108
B 294 287 279 289 289 299 303 308 315 331
O 818 831 831 818 810 841 879 897 864 873
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
A 44.4% 43.4% 44.6% 41.6% 40.6% 41.5% 41.8% 40.5% 40.2% 40.7%
AB 5.0% 5.8% 3.9% 4.6% 4.8% 4.8% 4.3% 5.0% 5.3% 4.9%
B 13.4% 13.0% 12.9% 14.0% 14.3% 14.1% 13.8% 13.9% 14.6% 15.0%
O 37.2% 37.7% 38.6% 39.8% 40.2% 39.6% 40.1% 40.6% 39.9% 39.5%


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.