Table 11.1

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year, 1994 to 2003

Heart Waiting List

Current Age Year
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total 2,885 3,413 3,635 3,810 4,066 3,933 3,957 3,905 3,760 3,519
<1 Year 18 33 37 39 29 35 24 33 37 16
1-5 Years 44 72 51 55 85 92 93 93 104 98
6-10 Years 15 27 24 39 38 44 37 36 45 53
11-17 Years 55 66 68 63 86 79 74 71 74 77
18-34 Years 219 262 274 282 274 272 264 297 305 332
35-49 Years 813 921 972 975 988 870 896 855 805 753
50-64 Years 1,596 1,869 1,969 2,073 2,231 2,164 2,137 2,078 1,939 1,731
65+ Years 125 163 240 284 335 377 432 442 451 459
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.6% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.7% 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 0.5%
1-5 Years 1.5% 2.1% 1.4% 1.4% 2.1% 2.3% 2.4% 2.4% 2.8% 2.8%
6-10 Years 0.5% 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 0.9% 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% 1.2% 1.5%
11-17 Years 1.9% 1.9% 1.9% 1.7% 2.1% 2.0% 1.9% 1.8% 2.0% 2.2%
18-34 Years 7.6% 7.7% 7.5% 7.4% 6.7% 6.9% 6.7% 7.6% 8.1% 9.4%
35-49 Years 28.2% 27.0% 26.7% 25.6% 24.3% 22.1% 22.6% 21.9% 21.4% 21.4%
50-64 Years 55.3% 54.8% 54.2% 54.4% 54.9% 55.0% 54.0% 53.2% 51.6% 49.2%
65+ Years 4.3% 4.8% 6.6% 7.5% 8.2% 9.6% 10.9% 11.3% 12.0% 13.0%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

(%) = Percentages are based on totals including missing and unknown.

(-) = None in category.