Table 12.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1996 to 2005

Ethnicity/Race Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 1,719 1,912 2,277 2,429 2,484 2,417 2,281 2,315 2,164 1,053
White 1,485 1,667 1,970 2,078 2,098 2,022 1,896 1,935 1,801 899
African American 139 144 191 236 242 241 224 220 214 79
Hispanic/Latino 70 77 87 82 104 113 109 117 114 51
Asian 18 14 23 28 35 35 41 32 22 13
Other/Multi-race 7 10 6 5 5 6 8 11 12 10
Unknown - - - - - - 3 - 1 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 86.4% 87.2% 86.5% 85.5% 84.5% 83.7% 83.1% 83.6% 83.2% 85.4%
African American 8.1% 7.5% 8.4% 9.7% 9.7% 10.0% 9.8% 9.5% 9.9% 7.5%
Hispanic/Latino 4.1% 4.0% 3.8% 3.4% 4.2% 4.7% 4.8% 5.1% 5.3% 4.8%
Asian 1.0% 0.7% 1.0% 1.2% 1.4% 1.4% 1.8% 1.4% 1.0% 1.2%
Other/Multi-race 0.4% 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.9%
Unknown - - - - - - 0.1% - 0.0% 0.1%


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

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

(-) = None in category.

Includes patients listed as active status at end of year.