There were 1632 heart-lung and lung transplants from 1991 to 2001, of which two-thirds were lung transplants. There has been no clear trend over the period with between 125 and 169 transplants being carried out each year.
The highest number of heart-lung transplants during this period was 78 in 1991. Over recent years the number has been about 50 per year.

In contrast, the number of lung transplants increased from 73 in 1991 to a peak of 116 in 1996. Since then numbers have been stable at around 100 per year.