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Table 12.1b

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

Inactive Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Primary Diagnosis Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 1,024 1,249 1,416 1,477 1,649 2,054 1,785 1,203 913 645
Emphysema/COPD 287 352 363 380 385 500 426 268 217 146
Cystic Fibrosis 126 159 188 184 196 295 260 182 139 89
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 119 153 201 198 258 337 289 203 146 101
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 53 71 70 86 101 106 92 63 52 43
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 188 213 259 260 300 321 274 163 125 94
Retransplant/Graft Failure 34 39 34 40 31 39 35 26 17 15
Congenital Disease 41 41 48 55 60 58 50 30 17 10
Other 176 221 253 274 318 398 359 268 200 147
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 28.0% 28.2% 25.6% 25.7% 23.3% 24.3% 23.9% 22.3% 23.8% 22.6%
Cystic Fibrosis 12.3% 12.7% 13.3% 12.5% 11.9% 14.4% 14.6% 15.1% 15.2% 13.8%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 11.6% 12.2% 14.2% 13.4% 15.6% 16.4% 16.2% 16.9% 16.0% 15.7%
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 5.2% 5.7% 4.9% 5.8% 6.1% 5.2% 5.2% 5.2% 5.7% 6.7%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 18.4% 17.1% 18.3% 17.6% 18.2% 15.6% 15.4% 13.5% 13.7% 14.6%
Retransplant/Graft Failure 3.3% 3.1% 2.4% 2.7% 1.9% 1.9% 2.0% 2.2% 1.9% 2.3%
Congenital Disease 4.0% 3.3% 3.4% 3.7% 3.6% 2.8% 2.8% 2.5% 1.9% 1.6%
Other 17.2% 17.7% 17.9% 18.6% 19.3% 19.4% 20.1% 22.3% 21.9% 22.8%


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 inactive status at end of year.