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Table 12.1c

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Lung Waiting List

All Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Ethnicity/Race 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
White 2,951 3,065 3,047 3,152 3,159 2,580 2,330 1,804 1,622 1,497
African American 346 372 389 378 387 290 264 214 204 188
Other/Multi-race 9 10 10 15 16 18 18 12 12 15
Asian 51 54 68 61 61 59 47 45 38 34
Hispanic/Latino 152 167 180 186 191 161 159 134 128 109
Unknown - - 3 - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 84.1% 83.6% 82.4% 83.1% 82.8% 83.0% 82.7% 81.7% 80.9% 81.2%
African American 9.9% 10.1% 10.5% 10.0% 10.1% 9.3% 9.4% 9.7% 10.2% 10.2%
Other/Multi-race 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.8%
Asian 1.5% 1.5% 1.8% 1.6% 1.6% 1.9% 1.7% 2.0% 1.9% 1.8%
Hispanic/Latino 4.3% 4.6% 4.9% 4.9% 5.0% 5.2% 5.6% 6.1% 6.4% 5.9%
Unknown - - 0.1% - - - - - - -


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

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

(-) = None in category.