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Table 9.1c

Waiting List Patient Characteristics at End of Year

Liver Waiting List

All Waitlist Patients, 2000 to 2009

Ethnicity/Race Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 16,054 17,846 16,664 16,867 16,818 16,833 16,550 16,330 15,724 15,682
White 12,023 13,163 12,240 12,287 12,186 12,088 11,897 11,649 11,086 10,930
African American 1,190 1,352 1,172 1,209 1,200 1,202 1,156 1,141 1,082 1,165
Other/Multi-race 87 96 114 108 124 133 129 142 148 154
Asian 718 800 746 804 788 825 824 818 811 785
Hispanic/Latino 2,030 2,429 2,391 2,458 2,519 2,584 2,543 2,579 2,596 2,647
Unknown 6 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 74.9% 73.8% 73.5% 72.8% 72.5% 71.8% 71.9% 71.3% 70.5% 69.7%
African American 7.4% 7.6% 7.0% 7.2% 7.1% 7.1% 7.0% 7.0% 6.9% 7.4%
Other/Multi-race 0.5% 0.5% 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 0.9% 1.0%
Asian 4.5% 4.5% 4.5% 4.8% 4.7% 4.9% 5.0% 5.0% 5.2% 5.0%
Hispanic/Latino 12.6% 13.6% 14.3% 14.6% 15.0% 15.4% 15.4% 15.8% 16.5% 16.9%
Unknown 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%


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

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

(-) = None in category.