Table 12.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1997 to 2006

Primary Diagnosis Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 1,912 2,277 2,429 2,484 2,417 2,281 2,315 2,163 1,052 1,032
Emphysema/COPD 585 751 855 822 733 727 716 676 370 371
Cystic Fibrosis 368 429 443 445 430 371 369 339 165 156
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 215 281 294 356 379 372 462 393 126 148
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 134 164 159 161 152 141 130 100 74 58
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 192 221 227 235 233 180 185 159 73 51
Retransplant/Graft Failure 44 52 60 54 62 58 54 64 24 41
Congenital Disease 70 49 47 57 58 51 34 27 14 15
Other 239 271 291 326 340 345 324 317 145 140
Unknown 65 59 53 28 30 36 41 88 61 52
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 30.6% 33.0% 35.2% 33.1% 30.3% 31.9% 30.9% 31.3% 35.2% 35.9%
Cystic Fibrosis 19.2% 18.8% 18.2% 17.9% 17.8% 16.3% 15.9% 15.7% 15.7% 15.1%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 11.2% 12.3% 12.1% 14.3% 15.7% 16.3% 20.0% 18.2% 12.0% 14.3%
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 7.0% 7.2% 6.5% 6.5% 6.3% 6.2% 5.6% 4.6% 7.0% 5.6%
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 10.0% 9.7% 9.3% 9.5% 9.6% 7.9% 8.0% 7.4% 6.9% 4.9%
Retransplant/Graft Failure 2.3% 2.3% 2.5% 2.2% 2.6% 2.5% 2.3% 3.0% 2.3% 4.0%
Congenital Disease 3.7% 2.2% 1.9% 2.3% 2.4% 2.2% 1.5% 1.2% 1.3% 1.5%
Other 12.5% 11.9% 12.0% 13.1% 14.1% 15.1% 14.0% 14.7% 13.8% 13.6%
Unknown 3.4% 2.6% 2.2% 1.1% 1.2% 1.6% 1.8% 4.1% 5.8% 5.0%


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.