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Table 12.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Primary Diagnosis Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 2,485 2,419 2,281 2,315 2,165 1,054 1,033 1,006 1,091 1,198
Emphysema/COPD 821 733 726 715 674 369 370 387 416 422
Cystic Fibrosis 445 431 371 368 340 166 158 144 129 151
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 356 380 373 463 396 128 150 158 184 237
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 162 151 140 130 101 74 58 53 54 66
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 236 234 181 186 160 74 52 40 39 43
Retransplant/Graft Failure 64 67 63 54 64 25 44 34 33 37
Congenital Disease 57 58 51 34 26 13 15 8 2 4
Other 344 365 376 365 404 205 186 182 234 238
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 33.0% 30.3% 31.8% 30.9% 31.1% 35.0% 35.8% 38.5% 38.1% 35.2%
Cystic Fibrosis 17.9% 17.8% 16.3% 15.9% 15.7% 15.7% 15.3% 14.3% 11.8% 12.6%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 14.3% 15.7% 16.4% 20.0% 18.3% 12.1% 14.5% 15.7% 16.9% 19.8%
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 6.5% 6.2% 6.1% 5.6% 4.7% 7.0% 5.6% 5.3% 4.9% 5.5%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 9.5% 9.7% 7.9% 8.0% 7.4% 7.0% 5.0% 4.0% 3.6% 3.6%
Retransplant/Graft Failure 2.6% 2.8% 2.8% 2.3% 3.0% 2.4% 4.3% 3.4% 3.0% 3.1%
Congenital Disease 2.3% 2.4% 2.2% 1.5% 1.2% 1.2% 1.5% 0.8% 0.2% 0.3%
Other 13.8% 15.1% 16.5% 15.8% 18.7% 19.4% 18.0% 18.1% 21.4% 19.9%


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.