Table 1.4

Characteristics of Waiting List Patients at End of Year, 1996 to 2005

Current Age Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 47,397 53,381 59,862 65,260 71,628 76,893 78,498 81,979 85,610 89,884
<1 Year 116 123 128 139 159 154 136 126 140 137
1-5 Years 418 442 465 490 568 694 652 627 595 593
6-10 Years 319 375 374 409 414 434 438 395 433 435
11-17 Years 768 801 952 926 970 1,062 1,038 1,042 1,075 1,016
18-34 Years 8,139 8,656 8,892 9,170 9,353 9,601 9,630 9,860 9,999 10,025
35-49 Years 18,216 20,040 21,811 22,930 24,430 25,344 25,176 25,501 25,650 26,300
50-64 Years 16,250 19,033 22,405 25,413 28,857 31,611 32,958 35,028 37,220 39,510
65+ Years 3,171 3,911 4,835 5,783 6,877 7,993 8,470 9,400 10,498 11,868
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
1-5 Years 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7%
6-10 Years 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%
11-17 Years 1.6% 1.5% 1.6% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 1.1%
18-34 Years 17.2% 16.2% 14.9% 14.1% 13.1% 12.5% 12.3% 12.0% 11.7% 11.2%
35-49 Years 38.4% 37.5% 36.4% 35.1% 34.1% 33.0% 32.1% 31.1% 30.0% 29.3%
50-64 Years 34.3% 35.7% 37.4% 38.9% 40.3% 41.1% 42.0% 42.7% 43.5% 44.0%
65+ Years 6.7% 7.3% 8.1% 8.9% 9.6% 10.4% 10.8% 11.5% 12.3% 13.2%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

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

(-) = None in category.