Table 5.1

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

Kidney Waiting List

Current Age Year
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 23,497 25,852 29,050 32,310 35,585 38,772 41,292 44,719 47,830 50,855
<1 Year 3 2 - 1 2 3 3 2 1 1
1-5 Years 61 55 80 72 72 69 61 72 81 78
6-10 Years 106 86 97 105 119 106 102 113 131 133
11-17 Years 421 326 354 394 378 426 390 413 465 496
18-34 Years 5,542 5,769 6,034 6,269 6,591 6,738 6,854 6,786 6,901 7,045
35-49 Years 9,448 10,374 11,605 12,565 13,465 14,117 14,460 15,205 15,666 16,281
50-64 Years 6,658 7,744 8,966 10,506 12,066 13,830 15,335 17,246 18,828 20,447
65+ Years 1,257 1,496 1,914 2,398 2,892 3,483 4,087 4,882 5,757 6,374
Unknown 1 - - - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.0% 0.0% - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
1-5 Years 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
6-10 Years 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
11-17 Years 1.8% 1.3% 1.2% 1.2% 1.1% 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 1.0%
18-34 Years 23.6% 22.3% 20.8% 19.4% 18.5% 17.4% 16.6% 15.2% 14.4% 13.9%
35-49 Years 40.2% 40.1% 39.9% 38.9% 37.8% 36.4% 35.0% 34.0% 32.8% 32.0%
50-64 Years 28.3% 30.0% 30.9% 32.5% 33.9% 35.7% 37.1% 38.6% 39.4% 40.2%
65+ Years 5.3% 5.8% 6.6% 7.4% 8.1% 9.0% 9.9% 10.9% 12.0% 12.5%
Unknown 0.0% - - - - - - - - -

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

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

(-) = None in category.