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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

Ethnicity/Race Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 201 207 195 187 169 134 133 105 91 78
White 156 158 146 140 125 98 98 70 60 53
African American 23 26 26 21 24 14 16 13 12 9
Other/Multi-race - 1 - 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
Asian 5 4 4 5 6 6 3 5 1 1
Hispanic/Latino 17 18 19 20 13 15 14 16 16 14
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 77.6% 76.3% 74.9% 74.9% 74.0% 73.1% 73.7% 66.7% 65.9% 67.9%
African American 11.4% 12.6% 13.3% 11.2% 14.2% 10.4% 12.0% 12.4% 13.2% 11.5%
Other/Multi-race - 0.5% - 0.5% 0.6% 0.7% 1.5% 1.0% 2.2% 1.3%
Asian 2.5% 1.9% 2.1% 2.7% 3.6% 4.5% 2.3% 4.8% 1.1% 1.3%
Hispanic/Latino 8.5% 8.7% 9.7% 10.7% 7.7% 11.2% 10.5% 15.2% 17.6% 17.9%


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.