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Table 9.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Liver Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1998 to 2007

Ethnicity/Race	Year
Ethnicity/Race	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	9,757	12,044	13,911	14,887	13,027	12,629	12,665	12,732	12,482	12,213
White	7,401	9,064	10,388	10,894	9,518	9,130	9,144	9,147	9,041	8,722
African American	702	855	1,032	1,149	906	892	883	871	795	830
Other/Multi-race	64	67	73	76	89	79	85	86	81	93
Asian	407	536	624	671	581	606	576	595	583	554
Hispanic/Latino	1,182	1,521	1,793	2,096	1,933	1,922	1,977	2,033	1,982	2,014
Unknown	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	75.9%	75.3%	74.7%	73.2%	73.1%	72.3%	72.2%	71.8%	72.4%	71.4%
African American	7.2%	7.1%	7.4%	7.7%	7.0%	7.1%	7.0%	6.8%	6.4%	6.8%
Other/Multi-race	0.7%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.8%
Asian	4.2%	4.5%	4.5%	4.5%	4.5%	4.8%	4.5%	4.7%	4.7%	4.5%
Hispanic/Latino	12.1%	12.6%	12.9%	14.1%	14.8%	15.2%	15.6%	16.0%	15.9%	16.5%
Unknown	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

(%) = Percentages are based on totals including missing and unknown.

(-) = None in category.

Includes patients listed as active status at end of year.

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