Table 11.1

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

Heart Waiting List

Time Waiting 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
0-30 Days 241 250 286 251 255 257 231 197 183 201
31-60 Days 184 200 259 194 199 219 188 158 182 173
61 Days-< 3 Mos 147 162 200 167 209 200 180 150 156 147
3-<6 Mos 414 362 494 513 467 472 405 438 343 311
6-<12 Mos 613 596 722 695 636 723 701 630 544 519
1-<2 Years 720 647 652 869 800 774 846 792 763 625
2 Years+ 465 663 788 951 1,242 1,422 1,393 1,601 1,762 1,826
Unknown 14 11 18 - 9 12 7 12 1 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
0-30 Days 8.6% 8.6% 8.4% 6.9% 6.7% 6.3% 5.8% 5.0% 4.7% 5.3%
31-60 Days 6.6% 6.9% 7.6% 5.3% 5.2% 5.4% 4.8% 4.0% 4.6% 4.5%
61 Days-< 3 Mos 5.3% 5.6% 5.8% 4.6% 5.5% 4.9% 4.6% 3.8% 4.0% 3.9%
3-<6 Mos 14.8% 12.5% 14.4% 14.1% 12.2% 11.6% 10.3% 11.0% 8.7% 8.2%
6-<12 Mos 21.9% 20.6% 21.1% 19.1% 16.7% 17.7% 17.7% 15.8% 13.8% 13.6%
1-<2 Years 25.7% 22.4% 19.1% 23.9% 21.0% 19.0% 21.4% 19.9% 19.4% 16.4%
2 Years+ 16.6% 22.9% 23.0% 26.1% 32.5% 34.9% 35.3% 40.2% 44.8% 48.0%
Unknown 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% - 0.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 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.