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Table 12.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1999 to 2008

Current Age Year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 2,429 2,484 2,417 2,281 2,315 2,163 1,052 1,031 1,006 1,089
<1 Year 2 2 1 2 3 1 - - 1 1
1-5 Years 7 4 5 7 2 15 11 2 6 4
6-11 Years 31 46 32 26 33 35 34 17 21 8
12-17 Years 91 80 101 91 76 80 32 23 15 31
18-34 Years 403 409 416 360 362 319 152 157 137 126
35-49 Years 674 729 676 610 596 508 242 214 178 196
50-64 Years 1,166 1,171 1,133 1,119 1,158 1,110 529 542 555 580
65+ Years 55 43 53 66 85 95 52 76 93 143
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% - - 0.1% 0.1%
1-5 Years 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.7% 1.0% 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
6-11 Years 1.3% 1.9% 1.3% 1.1% 1.4% 1.6% 3.2% 1.6% 2.1% 0.7%
12-17 Years 3.7% 3.2% 4.2% 4.0% 3.3% 3.7% 3.0% 2.2% 1.5% 2.8%
18-34 Years 16.6% 16.5% 17.2% 15.8% 15.6% 14.7% 14.4% 15.2% 13.6% 11.6%
35-49 Years 27.7% 29.3% 28.0% 26.7% 25.7% 23.5% 23.0% 20.8% 17.7% 18.0%
50-64 Years 48.0% 47.1% 46.9% 49.1% 50.0% 51.3% 50.3% 52.6% 55.2% 53.3%
65+ Years 2.3% 1.7% 2.2% 2.9% 3.7% 4.4% 4.9% 7.4% 9.2% 13.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

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

(-) = None in category.

Includes patients listed as active status at end of year.



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