Table 9.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Liver Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 1997 to 2006

Current Age Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 7,571 9,758 12,051 13,914 14,893 13,036 12,642 12,692 12,763 12,548
<1 Year 55 70 77 85 80 57 63 60 72 58
1-5 Years 167 171 192 233 264 200 181 150 169 139
6-10 Years 113 99 122 123 117 105 85 87 84 52
11-17 Years 157 197 213 233 242 175 157 124 136 112
18-34 Years 486 541 650 766 768 616 545 557 567 501
35-49 Years 2,989 3,755 4,334 4,633 4,710 3,849 3,422 3,116 2,833 2,608
50-64 Years 3,060 4,143 5,417 6,581 7,326 6,815 7,003 7,352 7,531 7,628
65+ Years 544 782 1,046 1,260 1,386 1,219 1,186 1,246 1,371 1,450
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5%
1-5 Years 2.2% 1.8% 1.6% 1.7% 1.8% 1.5% 1.4% 1.2% 1.3% 1.1%
6-10 Years 1.5% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.4%
11-17 Years 2.1% 2.0% 1.8% 1.7% 1.6% 1.3% 1.2% 1.0% 1.1% 0.9%
18-34 Years 6.4% 5.5% 5.4% 5.5% 5.2% 4.7% 4.3% 4.4% 4.4% 4.0%
35-49 Years 39.5% 38.5% 36.0% 33.3% 31.6% 29.5% 27.1% 24.6% 22.2% 20.8%
50-64 Years 40.4% 42.5% 45.0% 47.3% 49.2% 52.3% 55.4% 57.9% 59.0% 60.8%
65+ Years 7.2% 8.0% 8.7% 9.1% 9.3% 9.4% 9.4% 9.8% 10.7% 11.6%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(%) = Percentages are based on totals including missing and unknown.

(-) = None in category.

Includes patients listed as active status at end of year.