Table 13.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1997 to 2006

Ethnicity/Race Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 164 179 136 123 119 107 106 83 45 53
White 139 150 113 96 91 82 85 62 31 40
African American 10 15 16 14 14 14 9 11 5 6
Hispanic/Latino 13 13 6 9 11 9 10 5 5 4
Asian 1 - 1 4 2 2 1 5 4 2
Other/Multi-race 1 1 - - 1 - 1 - - 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 84.8% 83.8% 83.1% 78.0% 76.5% 76.6% 80.2% 74.7% 68.9% 75.5%
African American 6.1% 8.4% 11.8% 11.4% 11.8% 13.1% 8.5% 13.3% 11.1% 11.3%
Hispanic/Latino 7.9% 7.3% 4.4% 7.3% 9.2% 8.4% 9.4% 6.0% 11.1% 7.5%
Asian 0.6% - 0.7% 3.3% 1.7% 1.9% 0.9% 6.0% 8.9% 3.8%
Other/Multi-race 0.6% 0.6% - - 0.8% - 0.9% - - 1.9%


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.