Table 1.
Recipient characteristics for 207 859 solid organ transplants* in the United States, 1987–2009
| Type of organ transplanted | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N=207 859) |
Kidney (N=120 307) |
Liver (N=45 742) |
Heart (N=20 758) |
Lung (N=8 543) |
Other/ multiple** (N=12 509) |
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| Characteristic | N | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 126 944 | 61 | 60 | 61 | 75 | 52 | 58 |
| Female | 80 915 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 25 | 48 | 42 |
| Age at Transplantation, years | |||||||
| 0–19 | 18 356 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 6 |
| 20–34 | 31 621 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| 35–49 | 64 871 | 31 | 33 | 29 | 20 | 21 | 50 |
| 50–64 | 75 430 | 36 | 32 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 19 |
| 65+ | 17 581 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||||
| White, Non–Hispanic | 129 379 | 62 | 54 | 70 | 74 | 86 | 76 |
| Black, Non–Hispanic | 35 185 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 11 |
| Hispanic | 31 902 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 11 393 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Transplant Number | |||||||
| First | 189 463 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 97 | 96 | 82 |
| Second | 16 816 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Third or Higher | 1 580 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Calendar Year of Transplantation | |||||||
| 1987–1994 | 38 506 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 13 |
| 1995–1999 | 52 361 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 26 |
| 2000–2004 | 64 715 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 28 | 31 | 34 |
| 2005–2009 | 52 277 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 32 | 27 |
*
Includes 207,859 transplants occurring among 192 562 individuals.
**
Other/multiple includes kidney-pancreas (N=7267), pancreas (N=1892), kidney-liver (N=1743), heart-lung (N=427), kidney-heart (N=287), intestine (N=279), liver-intestine (N=229), pancreas-liver-intestine (N=181), and other rare solid organ transplants (N=204).