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Table 11.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Primary Diagnosis 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
Coronary Artery Disease 1,182 1,083 967 803 674 549 572 597 681 778
Cardiomyopathy 1,004 920 859 754 682 544 538 577 703 871
Congenital Heart Disease 91 111 108 106 109 115 100 117 151 172
Retransplant/Graft Failure 68 69 60 75 68 64 65 70 101 106
Valvular Heart Disease 62 49 44 53 40 40 33 29 33 39
Other 13 23 17 17 16 17 16 17 16 20
Unknown 1 - - - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Coronary Artery Disease 48.8% 48.0% 47.1% 44.4% 42.4% 41.3% 43.2% 42.4% 40.4% 39.2%
Cardiomyopathy 41.5% 40.8% 41.8% 41.7% 42.9% 40.9% 40.6% 41.0% 41.7% 43.9%
Congenital Heart Disease 3.8% 4.9% 5.3% 5.9% 6.9% 8.7% 7.6% 8.3% 9.0% 8.7%
Retransplant/Graft Failure 2.8% 3.1% 2.9% 4.1% 4.3% 4.8% 4.9% 5.0% 6.0% 5.3%
Valvular Heart Disease 2.6% 2.2% 2.1% 2.9% 2.5% 3.0% 2.5% 2.1% 2.0% 2.0%
Other 0.5% 1.0% 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 1.3% 1.2% 1.2% 0.9% 1.0%
Unknown 0.0% - - - - - - - - -


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.