Table 13.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1997 to 2006

Primary Diagnosis Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 164 179 136 123 119 107 106 83 45 53
Congenital Disease 79 79 46 27 22 17 16 2 - -
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 27 28 20 21 26 11 11 2 - -
Cystic Fibrosis 5 6 2 3 2 1 1 - - -
Emphysema/COPD 5 6 6 5 1 1 - - - -
Retransplant/Graft Failure 8 8 - 1 - - - - - -
Other 11 15 10 18 19 18 21 13 5 10
Unknown 29 37 52 48 49 59 57 66 40 43
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Congenital Disease 48.2% 44.1% 33.8% 22.0% 18.5% 15.9% 15.1% 2.4% - -
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 16.5% 15.6% 14.7% 17.1% 21.8% 10.3% 10.4% 2.4% - -
Cystic Fibrosis 3.0% 3.4% 1.5% 2.4% 1.7% 0.9% 0.9% - - -
Emphysema/COPD 3.0% 3.4% 4.4% 4.1% 0.8% 0.9% - - - -
Retransplant/Graft Failure 4.9% 4.5% - 0.8% - - - - - -
Other 6.7% 8.4% 7.4% 14.6% 16.0% 16.8% 19.8% 15.7% 11.1% 18.9%
Unknown 17.7% 20.7% 38.2% 39.0% 41.2% 55.1% 53.8% 79.5% 88.9% 81.1%


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.