HC Deb 06 March 2003 vol 400 cc1206-7W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) kidney, (b) liver, (c) heart and (d) lung transplants have taken place in each of the last 10 years. [97882]

Solid organ transplants in the United Kingdom, 1993–2002, by organ transplanted
Organ 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
Kidney 1,714 1,746 1,801 1,716 1,699 1,621 1,624 1,709 1,743 1,719 17,092
Liver 534 620 669 639 671 667 692 671 684 712 6,559
Heart 302 314 319 279 266 264 230 204 171 159 2,508
Lung 95 116 112 116 103 88 110 98 93 112 1,043
H/L 36 52 58 53 44 52 50 33 33 16 427
Total 2,681 2,848 2,959 2,803 2,783 2,692 2,706 2,715 2,724 2,718 27,629

Notes:

1. Includes cadaveric and living donor transplants.

2. Multi-organ transplants are counted for each organ type, e.g. a heart, lung and kidney transplant is counted as a kidney transplant and a heart/lung transplant.