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Table 11.1b

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart Waiting List

Inactive Waitlist Patients, 1999 to 2008

Primary Diagnosis Year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 1,433 1,507 1,609 1,648 1,623 1,576 1,569 1,435 1,231 1,027
Coronary Artery Disease 539 564 597 602 600 572 573 498 426 362
Cardiomyopathy 715 764 829 835 829 799 804 745 628 514
Congenital Heart Disease 82 78 80 104 97 103 95 100 95 89
Retransplant/Graft Failure 21 26 24 32 28 33 29 27 27 21
Valvular Heart Disease 27 32 36 33 33 34 37 38 29 19
Other 17 16 17 18 21 21 18 17 17 16
Unknown 32 27 26 24 15 14 13 10 9 6
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Coronary Artery Disease 37.6% 37.4% 37.1% 36.5% 37.0% 36.3% 36.5% 34.7% 34.6% 35.2%
Cardiomyopathy 49.9% 50.7% 51.5% 50.7% 51.1% 50.7% 51.2% 51.9% 51.0% 50.0%
Congenital Heart Disease 5.7% 5.2% 5.0% 6.3% 6.0% 6.5% 6.1% 7.0% 7.7% 8.7%
Retransplant/Graft Failure 1.5% 1.7% 1.5% 1.9% 1.7% 2.1% 1.8% 1.9% 2.2% 2.0%
Valvular Heart Disease 1.9% 2.1% 2.2% 2.0% 2.0% 2.2% 2.4% 2.6% 2.4% 1.9%
Other 1.2% 1.1% 1.1% 1.1% 1.3% 1.3% 1.1% 1.2% 1.4% 1.6%
Unknown 2.2% 1.8% 1.6% 1.5% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6%


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.



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