Indications for adult lung transplants between January 1995 and June 2012
| Diagnosis | Total# |
| COPD/emphysema | 12 602 (33.5) |
| Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis | 8904 (23.7) |
| Cystic fibrosis | 6231 (16.6) |
| α1-antitrypsin deficiency | 2182 (5.8) |
| Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension | 1160 (3.1) |
| Other pulmonary fibrosis | 1383 (3.7) |
| Bronchiectasis | 1015 (2.7) |
| Sarcoidosis | 954 (2.5) |
| Re-transplantation: obliterative bronchiolitis | 568 (1.5) |
| Connective tissue disease | 488 (1.3) |
| Obliterative bronchiolitis¶ | 396 (1.1) |
| Lymphangioleiomyomatosis | 391 (1.0) |
| Re-transplantation+ | 402 (1.1) |
| Congenital heart disease | 325 (0.9) |
| Cancer | 36 (0.1) |
| Other | 544 (1.4) |
Data are presented as n (%). COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease #: n = 37 581; ¶: not re-transplantation; +: not obliterative bronchiolitis. Reproduced with modification from [11] with permission from the publisher.