Table 5.1

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

Kidney Waiting List

Time Waiting	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
0-<6 Mos	6,362	6,729	7,330	7,293	7,785	8,422	8,480	9,105	8,995	9,338
6-<12 Mos	4,876	5,077	5,618	6,164	6,427	6,696	7,076	7,621	7,918	8,250
1-<2 Years	5,818	6,596	7,136	8,300	8,862	9,382	10,003	10,604	11,567	11,907
2-<3 Years	2,751	3,365	4,033	4,563	5,488	5,981	6,295	6,896	7,430	8,184
3-<5 Years	2,147	2,496	3,140	3,898	4,547	5,434	6,151	6,685	7,508	8,257
5-<9 Years	1,304	1,323	1,453	1,646	1,973	2,289	2,664	3,087	3,586	3,988
9 Years+	239	266	340	446	503	568	623	721	826	931
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
0-<6 Mos	27.1%	26.0%	25.2%	22.6%	21.9%	21.7%	20.5%	20.4%	18.8%	18.4%
6-<12 Mos	20.8%	19.6%	19.3%	19.1%	18.1%	17.3%	17.1%	17.0%	16.6%	16.2%
1-<2 Years	24.8%	25.5%	24.6%	25.7%	24.9%	24.2%	24.2%	23.7%	24.2%	23.4%
2-<3 Years	11.7%	13.0%	13.9%	14.1%	15.4%	15.4%	15.2%	15.4%	15.5%	16.1%
3-<5 Years	9.1%	9.7%	10.8%	12.1%	12.8%	14.0%	14.9%	14.9%	15.7%	16.2%
5-<9 Years	5.5%	5.1%	5.0%	5.1%	5.5%	5.9%	6.5%	6.9%	7.5%	7.8%
9 Years+	1.0%	1.0%	1.2%	1.4%	1.4%	1.5%	1.5%	1.6%	1.7%	1.8%

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

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

(-) = None in category.