Table 5.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Kidney Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1997 to 2006

Current Age Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 31,662 34,499 36,951 39,958 42,221 44,265 45,483 45,300 46,135 47,254
<1 Year 2 2 1 1 - - 3 3 2 2
1-5 Years 65 61 48 65 68 64 59 77 72 61
6-10 Years 105 91 92 105 114 114 86 95 70 76
11-17 Years 352 390 363 391 429 467 411 444 354 283
18-34 Years 5,975 6,078 6,200 6,159 6,212 6,306 6,344 6,112 5,896 5,759
35-49 Years 12,051 12,600 12,977 13,570 13,825 14,163 14,344 13,848 14,067 14,210
50-64 Years 10,627 12,287 13,715 15,408 16,629 17,752 18,387 18,527 19,074 19,663
65+ Years 2,485 2,990 3,555 4,259 4,944 5,399 5,849 6,194 6,600 7,200
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
1-5 Years 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
6-10 Years 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
11-17 Years 1.1% 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 1.1% 0.9% 1.0% 0.8% 0.6%
18-34 Years 18.9% 17.6% 16.8% 15.4% 14.7% 14.2% 13.9% 13.5% 12.8% 12.2%
35-49 Years 38.1% 36.5% 35.1% 34.0% 32.7% 32.0% 31.5% 30.6% 30.5% 30.1%
50-64 Years 33.6% 35.6% 37.1% 38.6% 39.4% 40.1% 40.4% 40.9% 41.3% 41.6%
65+ Years 7.8% 8.7% 9.6% 10.7% 11.7% 12.2% 12.9% 13.7% 14.3% 15.2%


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.