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Table 13.1b

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Inactive Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Ethnicity/Race Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 78 88 88 81 86 89 80 71 58 41
White 60 67 64 55 63 67 58 51 39 29
African American 9 12 12 12 13 9 10 9 8 3
Other/Multi-race - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1
Asian 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 2 - 1
Hispanic/Latino 8 7 10 10 8 10 10 8 10 7
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 76.9% 76.1% 72.7% 67.9% 73.3% 75.3% 72.5% 71.8% 67.2% 70.7%
African American 11.5% 13.6% 13.6% 14.8% 15.1% 10.1% 12.5% 12.7% 13.8% 7.3%
Other/Multi-race - - - - 1.2% 1.1% 1.3% 1.4% 1.7% 2.4%
Asian 1.3% 2.3% 2.3% 4.9% 1.2% 2.2% 1.3% 2.8% - 2.4%
Hispanic/Latino 10.3% 8.0% 11.4% 12.3% 9.3% 11.2% 12.5% 11.3% 17.2% 17.1%


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.

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