Table 9.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Liver Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1995 to 2004

Current Age Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 4,689 6,285 7,579 9,765 12,058 13,927 14,915 13,052 12,666 12,744
<1 Year 48 63 56 70 77 85 80 58 63 61
1-5 Years 184 184 168 172 192 236 267 201 182 154
6-10 Years 95 106 114 100 124 125 119 107 85 88
11-17 Years 101 148 159 200 215 236 245 177 158 125
18-34 Years 369 419 486 541 651 767 773 618 548 561
35-49 Years 1,834 2,527 2,989 3,753 4,333 4,633 4,712 3,850 3,428 3,127
50-64 Years 1,767 2,427 3,062 4,145 5,419 6,585 7,335 6,821 7,013 7,375
65+ Years 291 411 545 784 1,047 1,260 1,384 1,220 1,189 1,253
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 1.0% 1.0% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5%
1-5 Years 3.9% 2.9% 2.2% 1.8% 1.6% 1.7% 1.8% 1.5% 1.4% 1.2%
6-10 Years 2.0% 1.7% 1.5% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7%
11-17 Years 2.2% 2.4% 2.1% 2.0% 1.8% 1.7% 1.6% 1.4% 1.2% 1.0%
18-34 Years 7.9% 6.7% 6.4% 5.5% 5.4% 5.5% 5.2% 4.7% 4.3% 4.4%
35-49 Years 39.1% 40.2% 39.4% 38.4% 35.9% 33.3% 31.6% 29.5% 27.1% 24.5%
50-64 Years 37.7% 38.6% 40.4% 42.4% 44.9% 47.3% 49.2% 52.3% 55.4% 57.9%
65+ Years 6.2% 6.5% 7.2% 8.0% 8.7% 9.0% 9.3% 9.3% 9.4% 9.8%


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.