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Table 13.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1999 to 2008

Blood Type	Year
Blood Type	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	136	123	119	107	106	83	45	53	34	33
A	42	36	40	30	29	26	15	20	11	9
AB	5	7	3	3	3	3	1	-	-	1
B	12	11	12	14	14	9	3	5	2	3
O	77	69	64	60	60	45	26	28	21	20
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
A	30.9%	29.3%	33.6%	28.0%	27.4%	31.3%	33.3%	37.7%	32.4%	27.3%
AB	3.7%	5.7%	2.5%	2.8%	2.8%	3.6%	2.2%	-	-	3.0%
B	8.8%	8.9%	10.1%	13.1%	13.2%	10.8%	6.7%	9.4%	5.9%	9.1%
O	56.6%	56.1%	53.8%	56.1%	56.6%	54.2%	57.8%	52.8%	61.8%	60.6%

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 active status at end of year.

Collection of both a heart and a lung diagnosis began in 2005. Please see Technical Notes for further details.

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