Table 11.1

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

Heart Waiting List

Time Waiting 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
0-30 Days 250 286 251 255 257 231 197 183 201 173
31-60 Days 200 259 194 199 219 188 158 182 173 138
61 Days-< 3 Mos 162 200 167 209 200 180 150 156 146 119
3-<6 Mos 362 494 514 467 472 405 438 343 311 307
6-<12 Mos 596 722 695 635 722 699 630 544 518 472
1-<2 Years 645 652 869 801 772 845 788 763 623 574
2 Years+ 659 782 945 1,235 1,412 1,378 1,584 1,733 1,787 1,728
Unknown 11 18 - 9 12 7 12 1 1 8
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
0-30 Days 8.7% 8.4% 6.9% 6.7% 6.3% 5.9% 5.0% 4.7% 5.3% 4.9%
31-60 Days 6.9% 7.6% 5.3% 5.2% 5.4% 4.8% 4.0% 4.7% 4.6% 3.9%
61 Days-< 3 Mos 5.6% 5.9% 4.6% 5.5% 4.9% 4.6% 3.8% 4.0% 3.9% 3.4%
3-<6 Mos 12.5% 14.5% 14.1% 12.3% 11.6% 10.3% 11.1% 8.8% 8.3% 8.7%
6-<12 Mos 20.7% 21.2% 19.1% 16.7% 17.8% 17.8% 15.9% 13.9% 13.8% 13.4%
1-<2 Years 22.4% 19.1% 23.9% 21.0% 19.0% 21.5% 19.9% 19.5% 16.6% 16.3%
2 Years+ 22.8% 22.9% 26.0% 32.4% 34.7% 35.0% 40.0% 44.4% 47.5% 49.1%
Unknown 0.4% 0.5% - 0.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%

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

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

(-) = None in category.