Table 11.1

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

Heart Waiting List

Race	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
White	2,397	2,461	2,894	3,091	3,227	3,433	3,358	3,362	3,299	3,142
African American	345	372	464	486	525	571	524	544	535	550
Asian	21	30	35	26	30	37	39	41	57	63
Other/Multi-race	19	20	23	35	33	37	29	30	42	47
Unknown	16	8	3	2	2	1	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	85.7%	85.1%	84.6%	84.9%	84.5%	84.2%	85.0%	84.5%	83.9%	82.6%
African American	12.3%	12.9%	13.6%	13.4%	13.8%	14.0%	13.3%	13.7%	13.6%	14.5%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%	1.0%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	1.4%	1.7%
Other/Multi-race	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	1.0%	0.9%	0.9%	0.7%	0.8%	1.1%	1.2%
Unknown	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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

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

(-) = None in category.