Table HR 8: Demographic characteristics of adult heart transplant recipients, 2013 and 2023.

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)
18–34 years	241	11.2	477	11.7
35–49	444	20.7	831	20.3
50–64	1,011	47.2	1,939	47.4
65+	447	20.9	845	20.7
Sex
Female	587	27.4	1,137	27.8
Male	1,556	72.6	2,955	72.2
Race and ethnicity
Asian	75	3.5	171	4.2
Black	467	21.8	1,046	25.6
Hispanic	145	6.8	475	11.6
Multiracial	16	0.7	17	0.4
Native American	8	0.4	32	0.8
White	1,432	66.8	2,339	57.2
Unreported	0	0	12	0.3
Insurance
Private	1,037	48.4	1,878	45.9
Medicare	772	36.0	1,427	34.9
Medicaid	258	12.0	600	14.7
Other/unknown	76	3.5	187	4.6
Geography
Metropolitan	1,805	84.2	3,418	83.5
Nonmetropolitan	317	14.8	601	14.7
Missing	21	1.0	73	1.8
Miles between recipient and center
<50 miles	1,316	61.4	2,410	58.9
50-<100	359	16.8	669	16.3
100-<150	193	9.0	349	8.5
150-<250	151	7.0	322	7.9
250+	106	4.9	275	6.7
Missing	18	0.8	67	1.6
All recipients
All recipients	2,143	100.0	4,092	100.0

OPTN/SRTR 2023 Annual Data Report