Table 13.1

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

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Current Age Year
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 192 201 202 237 228 251 223 202 209 198
<1 Year 1 - 2 2 1 - 1 1 1 -
1-5 Years 4 6 6 6 9 10 7 10 12 8
6-10 Years 6 11 6 7 8 7 5 2 5 9
11-17 Years 13 19 21 21 18 34 24 24 17 14
18-34 Years 71 70 75 76 72 70 65 56 56 55
35-49 Years 77 72 69 91 83 90 84 83 87 75
50-64 Years 20 23 23 34 37 40 37 26 30 36
65+ Years - - - - - - - - 1 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.5% - 1.0% 0.8% 0.4% - 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% -
1-5 Years 2.1% 3.0% 3.0% 2.5% 3.9% 4.0% 3.1% 5.0% 5.7% 4.0%
6-10 Years 3.1% 5.5% 3.0% 3.0% 3.5% 2.8% 2.2% 1.0% 2.4% 4.5%
11-17 Years 6.8% 9.5% 10.4% 8.9% 7.9% 13.5% 10.8% 11.9% 8.1% 7.1%
18-34 Years 37.0% 34.8% 37.1% 32.1% 31.6% 27.9% 29.1% 27.7% 26.8% 27.8%
35-49 Years 40.1% 35.8% 34.2% 38.4% 36.4% 35.9% 37.7% 41.1% 41.6% 37.9%
50-64 Years 10.4% 11.4% 11.4% 14.3% 16.2% 15.9% 16.6% 12.9% 14.4% 18.2%
65+ Years - - - - - - - - 0.5% 0.5%

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

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

(-) = None in category.