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Table 13.1a

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Active Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Ethnicity/Race Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 123 119 107 106 83 45 53 34 33 37
White 96 91 82 85 62 31 40 19 21 24
African American 14 14 14 9 11 5 6 4 4 6
Other/Multi-race - 1 - 1 - - 1 - 1 -
Asian 4 2 2 1 5 4 2 3 1 -
Hispanic/Latino 9 11 9 10 5 5 4 8 6 7
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 78.0% 76.5% 76.6% 80.2% 74.7% 68.9% 75.5% 55.9% 63.6% 64.9%
African American 11.4% 11.8% 13.1% 8.5% 13.3% 11.1% 11.3% 11.8% 12.1% 16.2%
Other/Multi-race - 0.8% - 0.9% - - 1.9% - 3.0% -
Asian 3.3% 1.7% 1.9% 0.9% 6.0% 8.9% 3.8% 8.8% 3.0% -
Hispanic/Latino 7.3% 9.2% 8.4% 9.4% 6.0% 11.1% 7.5% 23.5% 18.2% 18.9%


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.

Collection of both a heart and a lung diagnosis began in 2005. Please see Technical Notes for further details.