Table 12.1b

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

Active and Inactive Patient Comparison, 2000 to 2004

Ethnicity/Race Active Inactive All
2000-2004 2004 2000-2004 2004 2000-2004 2004
Total 11,666 2,167 6,904 1,684 18,570 3,851
White 9,756 1,805 5,693 1,389 15,449 3,194
African American 1,143 216 743 175 1,886 391
Hispanic/Latino 555 113 322 78 877 191
Asian 165 21 129 38 294 59
Other/Multi-race 41 11 17 4 58 15
Unknown 6 1 0 0 6 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 83.6% 83.3% 82.5% 82.5% 83.2% 82.9%
African American 9.8% 10.0% 10.8% 10.4% 10.2% 10.2%
Hispanic/Latino 4.8% 5.2% 4.7% 4.6% 4.7% 5.0%
Asian 1.4% 1.0% 1.9% 2.3% 1.6% 1.5%
Other/Multi-race 0.4% 0.5% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4%
Unknown 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%


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

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

(-) = None in category.