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Table 5.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Kidney Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1999 to 2008

Ethnicity/Race	Year
Ethnicity/Race	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
White	15,784	16,645	17,122	17,525	17,707	17,448	17,672	18,062	18,441	19,243
African American	13,486	14,563	15,342	15,985	16,339	15,877	15,910	16,000	16,601	17,091
Other/Multi-race	426	479	512	586	599	662	689	658	697	711
Asian	2,385	2,678	2,965	3,320	3,465	3,608	3,807	3,812	4,140	4,265
Hispanic/Latino	4,870	5,593	6,278	6,846	7,365	7,695	8,028	8,507	8,798	9,314
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
White	42.7%	41.7%	40.6%	39.6%	38.9%	38.5%	38.3%	38.4%	37.9%	38.0%
African American	36.5%	36.4%	36.3%	36.1%	35.9%	35.1%	34.5%	34.0%	34.1%	33.8%
Other/Multi-race	1.2%	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%	1.5%	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%
Asian	6.5%	6.7%	7.0%	7.5%	7.6%	8.0%	8.3%	8.1%	8.5%	8.4%
Hispanic/Latino	13.2%	14.0%	14.9%	15.5%	16.2%	17.0%	17.4%	18.1%	18.1%	18.4%

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 active status at end of year.

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