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Table 13.1c

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Heart-Lung Waiting List

All Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Primary Lung Diagnosis Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 201 207 195 187 169 134 133 105 91 78
Emphysema/COPD 8 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 1
Cystic Fibrosis 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 1 - -
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - - 3 5 3 3 2 2 2 2
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 41 49 42 43 36 27 19 12 14 16
Retransplant/Graft Failure 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 - - -
Congenital Disease 81 79 82 76 69 59 60 51 36 30
Other 22 20 17 22 30 27 39 30 31 26
Unknown 42 49 42 31 22 11 8 6 5 3
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Emphysema/COPD 4.0% 1.9% 2.1% 2.1% 2.4% 1.5% 2.3% 2.9% 3.3% 1.3%
Cystic Fibrosis 2.0% 1.9% 1.5% 2.1% 2.4% 3.0% 0.8% 1.0% - -
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - - 1.5% 2.7% 1.8% 2.2% 1.5% 1.9% 2.2% 2.6%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 20.4% 23.7% 21.5% 23.0% 21.3% 20.1% 14.3% 11.4% 15.4% 20.5%
Retransplant/Graft Failure 1.5% 1.0% 1.0% 1.1% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% - - -
Congenital Disease 40.3% 38.2% 42.1% 40.6% 40.8% 44.0% 45.1% 48.6% 39.6% 38.5%
Other 10.9% 9.7% 8.7% 11.8% 17.8% 20.1% 29.3% 28.6% 34.1% 33.3%
Unknown 20.9% 23.7% 21.5% 16.6% 13.0% 8.2% 6.0% 5.7% 5.5% 3.8%


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

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

(-) = None in category.

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