Table 11.1

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

Heart Waiting List

Ethnicity 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
Hispanic/Latino 101 134 164 198 219 243 263 264 270 286
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino 1,056 1,658 2,529 2,877 3,142 3,462 3,445 3,509 3,494 3,373
Unknown 1,641 1,099 726 565 456 374 243 205 170 144
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Hispanic/Latino 3.6% 4.6% 4.8% 5.4% 5.7% 6.0% 6.7% 6.6% 6.9% 7.5%
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino 37.7% 57.4% 74.0% 79.0% 82.3% 84.9% 87.2% 88.2% 88.8% 88.7%
Unknown 58.6% 38.0% 21.2% 15.5% 11.9% 9.2% 6.2% 5.2% 4.3% 3.8%

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

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

(-) = None in category.