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Table 11.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1999 to 2008

Blood Type	Year
Blood Type	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	2,477	2,420	2,255	2,054	1,808	1,588	1,329	1,323	1,406	1,684
A	821	754	701	636	545	439	355	346	415	494
AB	32	49	23	26	23	21	20	26	14	19
B	213	206	195	175	162	132	107	114	123	169
O	1,411	1,411	1,336	1,217	1,078	996	847	837	854	1,002
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
A	33.1%	31.2%	31.1%	31.0%	30.1%	27.6%	26.7%	26.2%	29.5%	29.3%
AB	1.3%	2.0%	1.0%	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%	1.5%	2.0%	1.0%	1.1%
B	8.6%	8.5%	8.6%	8.5%	9.0%	8.3%	8.1%	8.6%	8.7%	10.0%
O	57.0%	58.3%	59.2%	59.3%	59.6%	62.7%	63.7%	63.3%	60.7%	59.5%

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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