Table 13.1

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

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Race Year
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 192 201 202 237 228 251 223 202 209 198
White 175 176 183 210 206 224 196 173 175 165
African American 10 15 15 21 18 23 24 23 27 27
Asian 5 6 2 4 - 1 2 4 3 4
Other/Multi-race 1 3 1 1 3 2 - 1 3 1
Unknown 1 1 1 1 1 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 91.1% 87.6% 90.6% 88.6% 90.4% 89.2% 87.9% 85.6% 83.7% 83.3%
African American 5.2% 7.5% 7.4% 8.9% 7.9% 9.2% 10.8% 11.4% 12.9% 13.6%
Asian 2.6% 3.0% 1.0% 1.7% - 0.4% 0.9% 2.0% 1.4% 2.0%
Other/Multi-race 0.5% 1.5% 0.5% 0.4% 1.3% 0.8% - 0.5% 1.4% 0.5%
Unknown 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 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.