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Table 11.1c

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart Waiting List

All Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Current Age Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 3,923 3,861 3,699 3,429 3,162 2,896 2,755 2,632 2,699 2,978
<1 Year 22 32 36 15 40 18 31 24 47 43
1-5 Years 90 90 98 92 76 77 73 83 79 81
6-11 Years 42 43 53 59 64 62 72 62 61 67
12-17 Years 68 62 63 67 65 62 59 63 54 65
18-34 Years 260 294 302 327 337 311 282 260 296 324
35-49 Years 891 843 792 733 646 580 560 512 535 583
50-64 Years 2,125 2,067 1,922 1,704 1,536 1,403 1,322 1,268 1,229 1,383
65+ Years 425 430 433 432 398 383 356 360 398 432
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 0.4% 1.3% 0.6% 1.1% 0.9% 1.7% 1.4%
1-5 Years 2.3% 2.3% 2.6% 2.7% 2.4% 2.7% 2.6% 3.2% 2.9% 2.7%
6-11 Years 1.1% 1.1% 1.4% 1.7% 2.0% 2.1% 2.6% 2.4% 2.3% 2.2%
12-17 Years 1.7% 1.6% 1.7% 2.0% 2.1% 2.1% 2.1% 2.4% 2.0% 2.2%
18-34 Years 6.6% 7.6% 8.2% 9.5% 10.7% 10.7% 10.2% 9.9% 11.0% 10.9%
35-49 Years 22.7% 21.8% 21.4% 21.4% 20.4% 20.0% 20.3% 19.5% 19.8% 19.6%
50-64 Years 54.2% 53.5% 52.0% 49.7% 48.6% 48.4% 48.0% 48.2% 45.5% 46.4%
65+ Years 10.8% 11.1% 11.7% 12.6% 12.6% 13.2% 12.9% 13.7% 14.7% 14.5%


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

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

(-) = None in category.