Table 2.
Known Causes of Death for Adult Lung Transplant Recipients (Deaths: January 1995–June 2018)
| Cause of death | 0–30 days (n = 3,361) |
31 days–1 year (n = 6,489) |
>1 year–3 years (n = 6,775) |
>3 years–5 years (n = 4,177) |
>5 years–10 years (n = 5,404) |
>10 years (n = 2,364) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OB/BOS | 5 (0.1%) | 278 (4.3%) | 1,728 (25.5%) | 1,224 (29.3%) | 1,321 (24.4%) | 497 (21.0%) |
| Acute rejection | 92 (2.7%) | 121 (1.9%) | 107 (1.6%) | 31 (0.7%) | 27 (0.5%) | 5 (0.2%) |
| Lymphoma | 1 (0.0%) | 129 (2.0%) | 110 (1.6%) | 60 (1.4%) | 100 (1.9%) | 69 (2.9%) |
| Malignancy, other | 6 (0.2%) | 198 (3.1%) | 595 (8.8%) | 535 (12.8%) | 831 (15.4%) | 354 (15.0%) |
| CMV | 0 | 122 (1.9%) | 57 (0.8%) | 9 (0.2%) | 7 (0.1%) | 1 (0.0%) |
| Infection, non-CMV | 579 (17.2%) | 2,149 (33.1%) | 1,390 (20.5%) | 718 (17.2%) | 888 (16.4%) | 382 (16.2%) |
| Graft failure | 738 (22.0%) | 1,046 (16.1%) | 1,306 (19.3%) | 750 (18.0%) | 869 (16.1%) | 363 (15.4%) |
| Cardiovascular | 440 (13.1%) | 379 (5.8%) | 302 (4.5%) | 197 (4.7%) | 334 (6.2%) | 161 (6.8%) |
| Technical | 394 (11.7%) | 206 (3.2%) | 58 (0.9%) | 22 (0.5%) | 40 (0.7%) | 15 (0.6%) |
| Multiple organ failure | 488 (14.5%) | 864 (13.3%) | 358 (5.3%) | 175 (4.2%) | 249 (4.6%) | 120 (5.1%) |
| Other | 618 (18.4%) | 997 (15.4%) | 764 (11.3%) | 456 (10.9%) | 738 (13.7%) | 397 (16.8%) |
Abbreviations: BOS, bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome; CMV, cytomegalovirus; OB, obliterative bronchiolitis