Table 13.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1995 to 2004

Ethnicity/Race Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 155 175 164 179 136 123 119 107 106 83
White 131 143 139 150 113 96 91 82 85 62
African American 12 16 10 15 16 14 14 14 9 11
Hispanic/Latino 9 11 13 13 6 9 11 9 10 5
Asian 2 4 1 - 1 4 2 2 1 5
Other/Multi-race 1 1 1 1 - - 1 - 1 -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 84.5% 81.7% 84.8% 83.8% 83.1% 78.0% 76.5% 76.6% 80.2% 74.7%
African American 7.7% 9.1% 6.1% 8.4% 11.8% 11.4% 11.8% 13.1% 8.5% 13.3%
Hispanic/Latino 5.8% 6.3% 7.9% 7.3% 4.4% 7.3% 9.2% 8.4% 9.4% 6.0%
Asian 1.3% 2.3% 0.6% - 0.7% 3.3% 1.7% 1.9% 0.9% 6.0%
Other/Multi-race 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% - - 0.8% - 0.9% -


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.