Table 11.1

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year, 1993 to 2002

Heart Waiting List

Current Age Year
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 2,798 2,891 3,419 3,640 3,817 4,079 3,951 3,978 3,934 3,803
<1 Year 21 18 33 37 39 29 35 24 33 37
1-5 Years 33 44 72 51 55 86 93 94 94 104
6-10 Years 13 15 27 24 39 38 44 37 36 46
11-17 Years 44 55 66 68 63 86 79 74 71 75
18-34 Years 217 221 264 275 284 276 274 266 298 306
35-49 Years 800 813 921 972 975 989 871 898 857 808
50-64 Years 1,544 1,600 1,873 1,973 2,077 2,237 2,174 2,147 2,095 1,965
65+ Years 126 125 163 240 285 338 381 438 450 462
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.8% 0.6% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.7% 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0%
1-5 Years 1.2% 1.5% 2.1% 1.4% 1.4% 2.1% 2.4% 2.4% 2.4% 2.7%
6-10 Years 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 0.9% 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% 1.2%
11-17 Years 1.6% 1.9% 1.9% 1.9% 1.7% 2.1% 2.0% 1.9% 1.8% 2.0%
18-34 Years 7.8% 7.6% 7.7% 7.6% 7.4% 6.8% 6.9% 6.7% 7.6% 8.0%
35-49 Years 28.6% 28.1% 26.9% 26.7% 25.5% 24.2% 22.0% 22.6% 21.8% 21.2%
50-64 Years 55.2% 55.3% 54.8% 54.2% 54.4% 54.8% 55.0% 54.0% 53.3% 51.7%
65+ Years 4.5% 4.3% 4.8% 6.6% 7.5% 8.3% 9.6% 11.0% 11.4% 12.1%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

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

(-) = None in category.