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Table 12.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Primary Diagnosis 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
Emphysema/COPD 410 472 405 425 426 460 430 425 416 449
Cystic Fibrosis 167 149 165 170 202 202 231 219 202 250
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 137 167 211 238 276 393 394 488 493 557
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 72 81 83 65 61 56 49 41 43 36
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 40 37 50 44 34 39 34 30 23 36
Congenital Disease 14 7 11 9 7 2 1 2 4 1
Other 101 121 103 119 151 253 262 260 295 331
Unknown - - 1 - - - - - 2 -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 43.6% 45.6% 39.4% 39.7% 36.8% 32.7% 30.7% 29.0% 28.1% 27.0%
Cystic Fibrosis 17.7% 14.4% 16.0% 15.9% 17.5% 14.4% 16.5% 14.9% 13.7% 15.1%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 14.6% 16.2% 20.5% 22.2% 23.9% 28.0% 28.1% 33.3% 33.4% 33.6%
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 7.7% 7.8% 8.1% 6.1% 5.3% 4.0% 3.5% 2.8% 2.9% 2.2%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 4.3% 3.6% 4.9% 4.1% 2.9% 2.8% 2.4% 2.0% 1.6% 2.2%
Congenital Disease 1.5% 0.7% 1.1% 0.8% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
Other 10.7% 11.7% 10.0% 11.1% 13.1% 18.0% 18.7% 17.7% 20.0% 19.9%
Unknown - - 0.1% - - - - - 0.1% -


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.