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Table 12.1b

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

Inactive Waitlist Patients, 1999 to 2008

Primary Diagnosis Year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 874 1,029 1,254 1,421 1,482 1,653 2,057 1,788 1,205 927
Emphysema/COPD 229 287 352 363 380 385 500 427 269 220
Cystic Fibrosis 110 126 160 190 184 196 295 262 183 145
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 106 121 154 201 198 259 338 289 205 148
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 48 52 70 69 85 101 105 91 62 51
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 164 190 215 261 263 301 321 274 163 126
Retransplant/Graft Failure 26 35 40 35 41 32 40 36 27 18
Congenital Disease 45 41 41 48 55 60 58 50 30 17
Other 146 177 222 254 276 319 400 359 266 202
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 26.2% 27.9% 28.1% 25.5% 25.6% 23.3% 24.3% 23.9% 22.3% 23.7%
Cystic Fibrosis 12.6% 12.2% 12.8% 13.4% 12.4% 11.9% 14.3% 14.7% 15.2% 15.6%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 12.1% 11.8% 12.3% 14.1% 13.4% 15.7% 16.4% 16.2% 17.0% 16.0%
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 5.5% 5.1% 5.6% 4.9% 5.7% 6.1% 5.1% 5.1% 5.1% 5.5%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 18.8% 18.5% 17.1% 18.4% 17.7% 18.2% 15.6% 15.3% 13.5% 13.6%
Retransplant/Graft Failure 3.0% 3.4% 3.2% 2.5% 2.8% 1.9% 1.9% 2.0% 2.2% 1.9%
Congenital Disease 5.1% 4.0% 3.3% 3.4% 3.7% 3.6% 2.8% 2.8% 2.5% 1.8%
Other 16.7% 17.2% 17.7% 17.9% 18.6% 19.3% 19.4% 20.1% 22.1% 21.8%


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 inactive status at end of year.



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