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Table 12.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Type of Procedure	Year of Transplant
Type of Procedure	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
Single Lung	507	585	501	506	503	586	504	520	497	546
Double Lung	434	449	528	564	654	819	897	945	981	1,114
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Single Lung	53.9%	56.6%	48.7%	47.3%	43.5%	41.7%	36.0%	35.5%	33.6%	32.9%
Double Lung	46.1%	43.4%	51.3%	52.7%	56.5%	58.3%	64.0%	64.5%	66.4%	67.1%

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.