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Table 12.1c

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

All Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Current Age Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 3,509 3,668 3,697 3,792 3,814 3,108 2,818 2,209 2,004 1,843
<1 Year 2 1 2 3 1 - - 1 4 3
1-5 Years 14 16 19 14 21 17 10 14 12 18
6-11 Years 63 58 46 46 45 47 40 42 31 25
12-17 Years 107 136 131 112 118 103 101 72 74 64
18-34 Years 595 614 587 589 564 467 415 301 241 224
35-49 Years 1,041 1,074 1,063 1,066 1,049 863 717 500 427 349
50-64 Years 1,601 1,661 1,706 1,814 1,840 1,446 1,348 1,096 976 896
65+ Years 86 108 143 148 176 165 187 183 239 264
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% - - 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
1-5 Years 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 0.6% 1.0%
6-11 Years 1.8% 1.6% 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 1.5% 1.4% 1.9% 1.5% 1.4%
12-17 Years 3.0% 3.7% 3.5% 3.0% 3.1% 3.3% 3.6% 3.3% 3.7% 3.5%
18-34 Years 17.0% 16.7% 15.9% 15.5% 14.8% 15.0% 14.7% 13.6% 12.0% 12.2%
35-49 Years 29.7% 29.3% 28.8% 28.1% 27.5% 27.8% 25.4% 22.6% 21.3% 18.9%
50-64 Years 45.6% 45.3% 46.1% 47.8% 48.2% 46.5% 47.8% 49.6% 48.7% 48.6%
65+ Years 2.5% 2.9% 3.9% 3.9% 4.6% 5.3% 6.6% 8.3% 11.9% 14.3%


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

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

(-) = None in category.