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Table 11.1c

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart Waiting List

All Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Ethnicity/Race 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
White 3,084 3,012 2,819 2,569 2,333 2,087 2,007 1,907 1,946 2,086
African American 534 521 534 494 476 474 445 436 495 587
Other/Multi-race 14 13 19 16 20 21 22 21 15 21
Asian 44 65 70 76 76 66 65 54 40 53
Hispanic/Latino 246 249 256 273 256 247 215 213 202 230
Unknown 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 78.6% 78.0% 76.2% 74.9% 73.8% 72.1% 72.8% 72.5% 72.1% 70.0%
African American 13.6% 13.5% 14.4% 14.4% 15.1% 16.4% 16.2% 16.6% 18.3% 19.7%
Other/Multi-race 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.6% 0.7%
Asian 1.1% 1.7% 1.9% 2.2% 2.4% 2.3% 2.4% 2.1% 1.5% 1.8%
Hispanic/Latino 6.3% 6.4% 6.9% 8.0% 8.1% 8.5% 7.8% 8.1% 7.5% 7.7%
Unknown 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%


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

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

(-) = None in category.