Table 12.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1995 to 2004

Ethnicity/Race Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 1,457 1,718 1,913 2,278 2,430 2,485 2,418 2,281 2,315 2,167
White 1,285 1,484 1,668 1,971 2,079 2,099 2,022 1,896 1,934 1,805
African American 102 139 144 191 236 242 241 224 220 216
Hispanic/Latino 54 70 77 87 82 104 113 109 116 113
Asian 9 18 14 23 28 35 36 41 32 21
Other/Multi-race 7 7 10 6 5 5 6 8 11 11
Unknown - - - - - - - 3 2 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 88.2% 86.4% 87.2% 86.5% 85.6% 84.5% 83.6% 83.1% 83.5% 83.3%
African American 7.0% 8.1% 7.5% 8.4% 9.7% 9.7% 10.0% 9.8% 9.5% 10.0%
Hispanic/Latino 3.7% 4.1% 4.0% 3.8% 3.4% 4.2% 4.7% 4.8% 5.0% 5.2%
Asian 0.6% 1.0% 0.7% 1.0% 1.2% 1.4% 1.5% 1.8% 1.4% 1.0%
Other/Multi-race 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5%
Unknown - - - - - - - 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

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

(-) = None in category.

Includes patients listed as active status at end of year.