Table 11.1

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

Heart Waiting List

Blood Type	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
O	1,483	1,522	1,820	1,941	2,011	2,157	2,155	2,217	2,215	2,130
A	960	987	1,136	1,218	1,326	1,397	1,325	1,285	1,253	1,225
B	293	326	377	396	406	426	396	385	394	378
AB	62	56	86	85	74	99	75	91	72	70
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
O	53.0%	52.6%	53.2%	53.3%	52.7%	52.9%	54.5%	55.7%	56.3%	56.0%
A	34.3%	34.1%	33.2%	33.5%	34.7%	34.2%	33.5%	32.3%	31.9%	32.2%
B	10.5%	11.3%	11.0%	10.9%	10.6%	10.4%	10.0%	9.7%	10.0%	9.9%
AB	2.2%	1.9%	2.5%	2.3%	1.9%	2.4%	1.9%	2.3%	1.8%	1.8%

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

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

(-) = None in category.