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Table 12.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1998 to 2007

Primary Diagnosis Year
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 2,277 2,429 2,484 2,417 2,281 2,315 2,163 1,052 1,031 1,005
Emphysema/COPD 751 855 821 733 727 716 675 369 370 388
Cystic Fibrosis 429 443 445 430 371 369 339 165 156 143
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 281 294 355 379 373 463 394 126 150 157
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 164 159 162 151 140 130 100 74 58 53
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 221 227 235 233 180 184 160 74 51 39
Retransplant/Graft Failure 52 60 54 62 58 54 64 25 43 33
Congenital Disease 49 47 57 58 51 34 26 13 15 8
Other 271 291 326 340 344 323 317 145 138 125
Unknown 59 53 29 31 37 42 88 61 50 59
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 33.0% 35.2% 33.1% 30.3% 31.9% 30.9% 31.2% 35.1% 35.9% 38.6%
Cystic Fibrosis 18.8% 18.2% 17.9% 17.8% 16.3% 15.9% 15.7% 15.7% 15.1% 14.2%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 12.3% 12.1% 14.3% 15.7% 16.4% 20.0% 18.2% 12.0% 14.5% 15.6%
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 7.2% 6.5% 6.5% 6.2% 6.1% 5.6% 4.6% 7.0% 5.6% 5.3%
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 9.7% 9.3% 9.5% 9.6% 7.9% 7.9% 7.4% 7.0% 4.9% 3.9%
Retransplant/Graft Failure 2.3% 2.5% 2.2% 2.6% 2.5% 2.3% 3.0% 2.4% 4.2% 3.3%
Congenital Disease 2.2% 1.9% 2.3% 2.4% 2.2% 1.5% 1.2% 1.2% 1.5% 0.8%
Other 11.9% 12.0% 13.1% 14.1% 15.1% 14.0% 14.7% 13.8% 13.4% 12.4%
Unknown 2.6% 2.2% 1.2% 1.3% 1.6% 1.8% 4.1% 5.8% 4.8% 5.9%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

(%) = 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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