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Table 11.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Current Age Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 2,421 2,255 2,055 1,808 1,589 1,329 1,324 1,407 1,685 1,986
<1 Year 13 21 23 10 28 11 21 16 30 32
1-5 Years 33 27 28 24 23 27 24 36 27 33
6-11 Years 10 9 22 21 21 20 30 23 27 29
12-17 Years 40 31 31 47 38 31 31 37 38 40
18-34 Years 151 180 174 176 174 142 130 128 166 199
35-49 Years 542 479 435 391 317 268 282 277 349 392
50-64 Years 1,386 1,287 1,152 958 837 694 670 723 821 985
65+ Years 246 221 190 181 151 136 136 167 227 276
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.5% 0.9% 1.1% 0.6% 1.8% 0.8% 1.6% 1.1% 1.8% 1.6%
1-5 Years 1.4% 1.2% 1.4% 1.3% 1.4% 2.0% 1.8% 2.6% 1.6% 1.7%
6-11 Years 0.4% 0.4% 1.1% 1.2% 1.3% 1.5% 2.3% 1.6% 1.6% 1.5%
12-17 Years 1.7% 1.4% 1.5% 2.6% 2.4% 2.3% 2.3% 2.6% 2.3% 2.0%
18-34 Years 6.2% 8.0% 8.5% 9.7% 11.0% 10.7% 9.8% 9.1% 9.9% 10.0%
35-49 Years 22.4% 21.2% 21.2% 21.6% 19.9% 20.2% 21.3% 19.7% 20.7% 19.7%
50-64 Years 57.2% 57.1% 56.1% 53.0% 52.7% 52.2% 50.6% 51.4% 48.7% 49.6%
65+ Years 10.2% 9.8% 9.2% 10.0% 9.5% 10.2% 10.3% 11.9% 13.5% 13.9%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

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

(-) = None in category.

Includes patients listed as active status at end of year.