Table 12.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1997 to 2006

Ethnicity/Race 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
White 1,667 1,970 2,078 2,098 2,022 1,896 1,935 1,801 899 882
African American 144 191 236 242 241 224 220 214 79 84
Hispanic/Latino 77 87 82 104 113 109 117 114 51 48
Asian 14 23 28 35 35 41 32 22 13 12
Other/Multi-race 10 6 5 5 6 8 11 12 10 6
Unknown - - - - - 3 - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 87.2% 86.5% 85.5% 84.5% 83.7% 83.1% 83.6% 83.3% 85.5% 85.5%
African American 7.5% 8.4% 9.7% 9.7% 10.0% 9.8% 9.5% 9.9% 7.5% 8.1%
Hispanic/Latino 4.0% 3.8% 3.4% 4.2% 4.7% 4.8% 5.1% 5.3% 4.8% 4.7%
Asian 0.7% 1.0% 1.2% 1.4% 1.4% 1.8% 1.4% 1.0% 1.2% 1.2%
Other/Multi-race 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 1.0% 0.6%
Unknown - - - - - 0.1% - - - -


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.