Table 12.1

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

Lung Waiting List

Current Age Year
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 1,202 1,574 1,865 2,241 2,590 3,066 3,321 3,536 3,708 3,756
<1 Year 1 - 4 4 5 3 3 2 1 2
1-5 Years 9 8 7 11 16 11 17 14 16 19
6-10 Years 11 14 13 21 27 36 42 47 49 37
11-17 Years 58 83 81 99 105 135 132 123 146 141
18-34 Years 254 332 409 472 533 588 585 603 623 597
35-49 Years 408 521 597 706 788 904 956 1,049 1,084 1,075
50-64 Years 442 591 726 873 1,060 1,308 1,490 1,609 1,677 1,732
65+ Years 19 25 28 55 56 81 96 89 112 153
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.1% - 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
1-5 Years 0.7% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5%
6-10 Years 0.9% 0.9% 0.7% 0.9% 1.0% 1.2% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 1.0%
11-17 Years 4.8% 5.3% 4.3% 4.4% 4.1% 4.4% 4.0% 3.5% 3.9% 3.8%
18-34 Years 21.1% 21.1% 21.9% 21.1% 20.6% 19.2% 17.6% 17.1% 16.8% 15.9%
35-49 Years 33.9% 33.1% 32.0% 31.5% 30.4% 29.5% 28.8% 29.7% 29.2% 28.6%
50-64 Years 36.8% 37.5% 38.9% 39.0% 40.9% 42.7% 44.9% 45.5% 45.2% 46.1%
65+ Years 1.6% 1.6% 1.5% 2.5% 2.2% 2.6% 2.9% 2.5% 3.0% 4.1%

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

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

(-) = None in category.