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Table 1.10

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 23,263 24,236 24,909 25,472 27,040 28,116 28,941 28,369 27,966 28,465
Private Insurance 12,171 12,253 12,628 12,768 13,049 13,394 13,841 13,357 13,124 13,052
Medicaid 1,835 2,053 2,106 2,221 2,490 2,676 2,793 2,715 2,624 2,566
Medicare 8,373 9,028 9,400 9,685 10,721 11,145 11,417 11,454 11,419 11,954
Other 882 899 773 797 777 898 889 836 799 890
Unknown 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 7 - 3
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 52.3% 50.6% 50.7% 50.1% 48.3% 47.6% 47.8% 47.1% 46.9% 45.9%
Medicaid 7.9% 8.5% 8.5% 8.7% 9.2% 9.5% 9.7% 9.6% 9.4% 9.0%
Medicare 36.0% 37.3% 37.7% 38.0% 39.6% 39.6% 39.4% 40.4% 40.8% 42.0%
Other 3.8% 3.7% 3.1% 3.1% 2.9% 3.2% 3.1% 2.9% 2.9% 3.1%
Unknown 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - 0.0%


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

These data include recipients of multi-organ transplants.

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

(-) = None in category.