Table 12.1

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year, 1994 to 2003

Lung Waiting List

Current Age Year
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total 1,570 1,861 2,237 2,586 3,058 3,311 3,520 3,685 3,717 3,836
<1 Year - 4 4 5 3 3 2 1 2 3
1-5 Years 8 7 11 16 11 17 14 16 19 14
6-10 Years 14 13 21 27 35 42 47 49 37 30
11-17 Years 82 80 98 104 134 131 123 146 141 129
18-34 Years 331 408 471 531 585 581 598 618 592 599
35-49 Years 519 595 704 787 902 954 1,046 1,079 1,068 1,075
50-64 Years 591 726 873 1,060 1,308 1,488 1,604 1,668 1,713 1,831
65+ Years 25 28 55 56 80 95 86 108 145 155
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year - 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
1-5 Years 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4%
6-10 Years 0.9% 0.7% 0.9% 1.0% 1.1% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 1.0% 0.8%
11-17 Years 5.2% 4.3% 4.4% 4.0% 4.4% 4.0% 3.5% 4.0% 3.8% 3.4%
18-34 Years 21.1% 21.9% 21.1% 20.5% 19.1% 17.5% 17.0% 16.8% 15.9% 15.6%
35-49 Years 33.1% 32.0% 31.5% 30.4% 29.5% 28.8% 29.7% 29.3% 28.7% 28.0%
50-64 Years 37.6% 39.0% 39.0% 41.0% 42.8% 44.9% 45.6% 45.3% 46.1% 47.7%
65+ Years 1.6% 1.5% 2.5% 2.2% 2.6% 2.9% 2.4% 2.9% 3.9% 4.0%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

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

(-) = None in category.