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Table 13.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1999 to 2008

Primary Lung Diagnosis Year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 136 123 119 107 106 83 45 53 34 33
Emphysema/COPD 6 7 3 3 3 2 - 1 2 1
Cystic Fibrosis 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 - - -
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 3 - - 3 4 2 2 1 2 1
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 24 27 33 23 29 16 9 7 5 7
Retransplant/Graft Failure - 1 - - - - - - - -
Congenital Disease 52 41 38 42 39 33 18 20 13 10
Other 13 15 13 9 14 21 14 24 12 14
Unknown 36 29 30 25 14 7 1 - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 4.4% 5.7% 2.5% 2.8% 2.8% 2.4% - 1.9% 5.9% 3.0%
Cystic Fibrosis 1.5% 2.4% 1.7% 1.9% 2.8% 2.4% 2.2% - - -
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 2.2% - - 2.8% 3.8% 2.4% 4.4% 1.9% 5.9% 3.0%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 17.6% 22.0% 27.7% 21.5% 27.4% 19.3% 20.0% 13.2% 14.7% 21.2%
Retransplant/Graft Failure - 0.8% - - - - - - - -
Congenital Disease 38.2% 33.3% 31.9% 39.3% 36.8% 39.8% 40.0% 37.7% 38.2% 30.3%
Other 9.6% 12.2% 10.9% 8.4% 13.2% 25.3% 31.1% 45.3% 35.3% 42.4%
Unknown 26.5% 23.6% 25.2% 23.4% 13.2% 8.4% 2.2% - - -


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.

Collection of both a heart and a lung diagnosis began in 2005. Please see Technical Notes for further details.



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