Table HR 17: Demographic characteristics of pediatric heart transplant recipients, 2013 and 2023.

Pediatric heart transplant recipients, including retransplant recipients. Distance is computed from recipient’s home zip code to the transplant center.

Characteristic	2013 N	2013 Percent	2023 N	2023 Percent
Recipient age (years)
<1 year	117	28.5	118	23.3
1–5	88	21.4	93	18.3
6–11	69	16.8	94	18.5
12–17	137	33.3	202	39.8
Sex
Female	193	47.0	226	44.6
Male	218	53.0	281	55.4
Race and ethnicity
Asian	16	3.9	19	3.7
Black	98	23.8	98	19.3
Hispanic	80	19.5	99	19.5
Multiracial	6	1.5	18	3.6
Native American	3	0.7	4	0.8
White	208	50.6	268	52.9
Unreported	0	0	1	0.2
Insurance
Private	174	42.3	225	44.4
Medicare	0	0	2	0.4
Medicaid	195	47.4	235	46.4
Other/unknown	42	10.2	45	8.9
Geography
Metropolitan	334	81.3	411	81.1
Nonmetropolitan	70	17.0	88	17.4
Missing	7	1.7	8	1.6
Miles between recipient and center
<50 miles	205	49.9	247	48.7
50-<100	71	17.3	100	19.7
100-<150	45	10.9	65	12.8
150-<250	47	11.4	58	11.4
250+	36	8.8	30	5.9
Missing	7	1.7	7	1.4
All recipients
All recipients	411	100.0	507	100.0

OPTN/SRTR 2023 Annual Data Report