Table 5.1

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

Kidney Waiting List

Race	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
White	13,953	15,143	16,743	18,343	20,048	21,703	22,841	24,562	26,039	27,531
African American	8,084	9,041	10,298	11,618	12,801	14,067	15,128	16,335	17,507	18,583
Asian	1,041	1,192	1,432	1,690	1,949	2,142	2,363	2,619	2,860	3,215
Other/Multi-race	415	473	570	647	763	816	869	1,090	1,251	1,411
Unknown	4	3	7	12	24	44	91	113	173	115
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
White	59.4%	58.6%	57.6%	56.8%	56.3%	56.0%	55.3%	54.9%	54.4%	54.1%
African American	34.4%	35.0%	35.4%	36.0%	36.0%	36.3%	36.6%	36.5%	36.6%	36.5%
Asian	4.4%	4.6%	4.9%	5.2%	5.5%	5.5%	5.7%	5.9%	6.0%	6.3%
Other/Multi-race	1.8%	1.8%	2.0%	2.0%	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%	2.4%	2.6%	2.8%
Unknown	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%

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

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

(-) = None in category.