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Table 12.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Recipient Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 941 1,034 1,029 1,070 1,157 1,405 1,401 1,465 1,478 1,660
White 844 918 913 928 997 1,216 1,193 1,228 1,228 1,405
African American 67 87 62 71 88 109 122 123 131 132
Other/Multi-race 3 1 5 4 5 8 10 10 13 1
Asian 2 6 8 18 9 17 14 16 24 22
Hispanic/Latino 25 22 41 47 58 55 62 88 82 100
Unknown - - - 2 - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 89.7% 88.8% 88.7% 86.7% 86.2% 86.5% 85.2% 83.8% 83.1% 84.6%
African American 7.1% 8.4% 6.0% 6.6% 7.6% 7.8% 8.7% 8.4% 8.9% 8.0%
Other/Multi-race 0.3% 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.6% 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 0.1%
Asian 0.2% 0.6% 0.8% 1.7% 0.8% 1.2% 1.0% 1.1% 1.6% 1.3%
Hispanic/Latino 2.7% 2.1% 4.0% 4.4% 5.0% 3.9% 4.4% 6.0% 5.5% 6.0%
Unknown - - - 0.2% - - - - - -


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 lung was one of

the organs transplanted.