Table 9.1

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

Liver Waiting List

Current Age Year
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total 3,955 5,526 7,261 9,297 11,562 13,958 16,133 17,953 16,790 17,171
<1 Year 51 50 67 65 76 85 104 96 71 76
1-5 Years 212 240 245 260 261 277 336 436 379 380
6-10 Years 104 133 151 167 175 205 206 198 198 173
11-17 Years 125 140 181 231 271 293 323 343 298 293
18-34 Years 372 450 516 642 683 783 932 996 892 863
35-49 Years 1,503 2,128 2,859 3,589 4,354 4,992 5,326 5,605 4,844 4,512
50-64 Years 1,348 2,025 2,760 3,661 4,801 6,094 7,420 8,566 8,497 9,135
65+ Years 240 360 482 682 941 1,229 1,486 1,713 1,611 1,739
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 1.3% 0.9% 0.9% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4%
1-5 Years 5.4% 4.3% 3.4% 2.8% 2.3% 2.0% 2.1% 2.4% 2.3% 2.2%
6-10 Years 2.6% 2.4% 2.1% 1.8% 1.5% 1.5% 1.3% 1.1% 1.2% 1.0%
11-17 Years 3.2% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.3% 2.1% 2.0% 1.9% 1.8% 1.7%
18-34 Years 9.4% 8.1% 7.1% 6.9% 5.9% 5.6% 5.8% 5.5% 5.3% 5.0%
35-49 Years 38.0% 38.5% 39.4% 38.6% 37.7% 35.8% 33.0% 31.2% 28.9% 26.3%
50-64 Years 34.1% 36.6% 38.0% 39.4% 41.5% 43.7% 46.0% 47.7% 50.6% 53.2%
65+ Years 6.1% 6.5% 6.6% 7.3% 8.1% 8.8% 9.2% 9.5% 9.6% 10.1%

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

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

(-) = None in category.