Table 13.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1997 to 2006

Current Age Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 164 179 136 123 119 107 106 83 45 53
<1 Year 1 - 1 1 1 - - 1 - -
1-5 Years 5 5 1 3 4 2 1 1 2 1
6-10 Years 5 4 3 2 4 5 8 3 1 3
11-17 Years 11 24 15 15 10 10 9 11 5 2
18-34 Years 55 54 43 34 30 28 35 24 11 17
35-49 Years 62 63 51 55 53 44 31 26 15 18
50-64 Years 25 29 22 13 17 18 22 17 11 12
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.6% - 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% - - 1.2% - -
1-5 Years 3.0% 2.8% 0.7% 2.4% 3.4% 1.9% 0.9% 1.2% 4.4% 1.9%
6-10 Years 3.0% 2.2% 2.2% 1.6% 3.4% 4.7% 7.5% 3.6% 2.2% 5.7%
11-17 Years 6.7% 13.4% 11.0% 12.2% 8.4% 9.3% 8.5% 13.3% 11.1% 3.8%
18-34 Years 33.5% 30.2% 31.6% 27.6% 25.2% 26.2% 33.0% 28.9% 24.4% 32.1%
35-49 Years 37.8% 35.2% 37.5% 44.7% 44.5% 41.1% 29.2% 31.3% 33.3% 34.0%
50-64 Years 15.2% 16.2% 16.2% 10.6% 14.3% 16.8% 20.8% 20.5% 24.4% 22.6%


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.