Table 5.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Kidney Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1999 to 2008

Primary Diagnosis	Year
Primary Diagnosis	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
Glomerular Diseases	8,828	9,239	9,693	10,098	10,258	9,979	10,000	10,045	10,284	10,508
Diabetes	8,412	9,453	10,213	11,059	11,713	12,062	12,509	13,087	13,510	14,227
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis	6,638	7,399	8,064	8,666	8,971	9,266	9,896	10,153	10,789	11,393
Polycystic Kidneys	2,504	2,662	2,771	2,877	3,033	2,999	3,067	3,221	3,380	3,588
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases	1,750	1,794	1,842	1,918	1,890	1,772	1,740	1,733	1,726	1,728
Renovascular & Other Vascular Diseases	2,078	2,262	2,374	2,438	2,476	2,181	1,855	1,669	1,545	1,499
Congenital, Rare Familial, & Metabolic Disorders	630	669	717	775	778	755	686	675	669	731
Neoplasms	91	107	113	120	106	109	109	113	111	111
Other	4,375	4,819	4,995	4,993	5,135	5,257	5,486	5,706	6,100	6,323
Unknown	1,645	1,554	1,437	1,318	1,115	910	758	637	563	516
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Glomerular Diseases	23.9%	23.1%	23.0%	22.8%	22.6%	22.0%	21.7%	21.4%	21.1%	20.8%
Diabetes	22.8%	23.7%	24.2%	25.0%	25.8%	26.6%	27.1%	27.8%	27.8%	28.1%
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis	18.0%	18.5%	19.1%	19.6%	19.7%	20.5%	21.5%	21.6%	22.2%	22.5%
Polycystic Kidneys	6.8%	6.7%	6.6%	6.5%	6.7%	6.6%	6.7%	6.8%	6.9%	7.1%
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases	4.7%	4.5%	4.4%	4.3%	4.2%	3.9%	3.8%	3.7%	3.5%	3.4%
Renovascular & Other Vascular Diseases	5.6%	5.7%	5.6%	5.5%	5.4%	4.8%	4.0%	3.5%	3.2%	3.0%
Congenital, Rare Familial, & Metabolic Disorders	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.8%	1.7%	1.7%	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%
Neoplasms	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Other	11.8%	12.1%	11.8%	11.3%	11.3%	11.6%	11.9%	12.1%	12.5%	12.5%
Unknown	4.5%	3.9%	3.4%	3.0%	2.5%	2.0%	1.6%	1.4%	1.2%	1.0%

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.