Table 11.1

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

Heart Waiting List

Ethnicity 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
Hispanic/Latino 134 164 198 219 241 261 262 267 281 299
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino 1,658 2,529 2,878 3,141 3,458 3,439 3,500 3,479 3,346 3,119
Unknown 1,093 720 559 450 367 233 195 159 133 101
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Hispanic/Latino 4.6% 4.8% 5.4% 5.7% 5.9% 6.6% 6.6% 6.8% 7.5% 8.5%
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino 57.5% 74.1% 79.2% 82.4% 85.0% 87.4% 88.5% 89.1% 89.0% 88.6%
Unknown 37.9% 21.1% 15.4% 11.8% 9.0% 5.9% 4.9% 4.1% 3.5% 2.9%

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

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

(-) = None in category.