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Table 5.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Kidney Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1999 to 2008

Current Age	Year
Current Age	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	36,951	39,958	42,219	44,262	45,475	45,290	46,106	47,039	48,677	50,624
<1 Year	1	1	-	-	3	3	2	1	2	1
1-5 Years	48	65	68	64	59	77	72	62	50	75
6-11 Years	115	132	156	144	113	125	103	93	88	97
12-17 Years	340	364	387	437	386	414	321	265	230	291
18-34 Years	6,198	6,156	6,211	6,302	6,339	6,110	5,893	5,746	5,629	5,636
35-49 Years	12,979	13,575	13,827	14,168	14,348	13,854	14,064	14,173	14,500	14,672
50-64 Years	13,715	15,407	16,626	17,750	18,381	18,518	19,060	19,557	20,422	21,417
65+ Years	3,555	4,258	4,944	5,397	5,846	6,189	6,591	7,142	7,756	8,435
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
<1 Year	0.0%	0.0%	-	-	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
1-5 Years	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
6-11 Years	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
12-17 Years	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	1.0%	0.8%	0.9%	0.7%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%
18-34 Years	16.8%	15.4%	14.7%	14.2%	13.9%	13.5%	12.8%	12.2%	11.6%	11.1%
35-49 Years	35.1%	34.0%	32.8%	32.0%	31.6%	30.6%	30.5%	30.1%	29.8%	29.0%
50-64 Years	37.1%	38.6%	39.4%	40.1%	40.4%	40.9%	41.3%	41.6%	42.0%	42.3%
65+ Years	9.6%	10.7%	11.7%	12.2%	12.9%	13.7%	14.3%	15.2%	15.9%	16.7%

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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