Table 11.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1997 to 2006

Primary Diagnosis Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 2,414 2,525 2,478 2,421 2,257 2,055 1,808 1,588 1,332 1,327
Coronary Artery Disease 1,138 1,197 1,176 1,181 1,082 965 802 673 550 571
Cardiomyopathy 1,021 1,066 1,055 1,004 921 858 753 680 543 538
Congenital Heart Disease 81 88 109 91 111 109 107 110 116 102
Retransplant/Graft Failure 84 81 56 68 70 60 75 68 65 66
Valvular Heart Disease 49 60 68 62 49 45 53 39 40 33
Other 24 16 12 14 24 18 18 18 18 17
Unknown 17 17 2 1 - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Coronary Artery Disease 47.1% 47.4% 47.5% 48.8% 47.9% 47.0% 44.4% 42.4% 41.3% 43.0%
Cardiomyopathy 42.3% 42.2% 42.6% 41.5% 40.8% 41.8% 41.6% 42.8% 40.8% 40.5%
Congenital Heart Disease 3.4% 3.5% 4.4% 3.8% 4.9% 5.3% 5.9% 6.9% 8.7% 7.7%
Retransplant/Graft Failure 3.5% 3.2% 2.3% 2.8% 3.1% 2.9% 4.1% 4.3% 4.9% 5.0%
Valvular Heart Disease 2.0% 2.4% 2.7% 2.6% 2.2% 2.2% 2.9% 2.5% 3.0% 2.5%
Other 1.0% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 1.1% 0.9% 1.0% 1.1% 1.4% 1.3%
Unknown 0.7% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% - - - - - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

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

(-) = None in category.

Includes patients listed as active status at end of year.