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Table 12.1c

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

All Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Primary Diagnosis 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
Emphysema/COPD 1,108 1,085 1,089 1,095 1,059 869 796 655 633 568
Cystic Fibrosis 571 590 559 552 536 461 418 326 268 240
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 475 533 574 661 654 465 439 361 330 338
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 215 222 210 216 202 180 150 116 106 109
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 424 447 440 446 460 395 326 203 164 137
Retransplant/Graft Failure 98 106 97 94 95 64 79 60 50 52
Congenital Disease 98 99 99 89 86 71 65 38 19 14
Other 520 586 629 639 722 603 545 450 434 385
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 31.6% 29.6% 29.5% 28.9% 27.8% 28.0% 28.2% 29.7% 31.6% 30.8%
Cystic Fibrosis 16.3% 16.1% 15.1% 14.6% 14.1% 14.8% 14.8% 14.8% 13.4% 13.0%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 13.5% 14.5% 15.5% 17.4% 17.1% 15.0% 15.6% 16.3% 16.5% 18.3%
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 6.1% 6.1% 5.7% 5.7% 5.3% 5.8% 5.3% 5.3% 5.3% 5.9%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 12.1% 12.2% 11.9% 11.8% 12.1% 12.7% 11.6% 9.2% 8.2% 7.4%
Retransplant/Graft Failure 2.8% 2.9% 2.6% 2.5% 2.5% 2.1% 2.8% 2.7% 2.5% 2.8%
Congenital Disease 2.8% 2.7% 2.7% 2.3% 2.3% 2.3% 2.3% 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
Other 14.8% 16.0% 17.0% 16.9% 18.9% 19.4% 19.3% 20.4% 21.7% 20.9%


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

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

(-) = None in category.