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Table 13.1b

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Inactive Waitlist Patients, 1999 to 2008

Primary Heart Diagnosis Year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 85 78 88 88 81 86 89 80 71 58
Coronary Artery Disease 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Cardiomyopathy 2 3 7 6 7 10 8 10 8 10
Congenital Heart Disease 5 7 10 11 17 19 33 30 34 27
Valvular Heart Disease 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
Other 5 5 5 5 2 9 12 6 2 4
Unknown 71 61 63 64 52 46 34 32 25 13
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Coronary Artery Disease 1.2% 1.3% 1.1% 1.1% 1.2% 1.2% 1.1% 1.3% 1.4% 3.4%
Cardiomyopathy 2.4% 3.8% 8.0% 6.8% 8.6% 11.6% 9.0% 12.5% 11.3% 17.2%
Congenital Heart Disease 5.9% 9.0% 11.4% 12.5% 21.0% 22.1% 37.1% 37.5% 47.9% 46.6%
Valvular Heart Disease 1.2% 1.3% 2.3% 1.1% 2.5% 1.2% 1.1% 1.3% 1.4% 3.4%
Other 5.9% 6.4% 5.7% 5.7% 2.5% 10.5% 13.5% 7.5% 2.8% 6.9%
Unknown 83.5% 78.2% 71.6% 72.7% 64.2% 53.5% 38.2% 40.0% 35.2% 22.4%


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.

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



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