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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 01/01/2001 and 12/31/2001
Center: University of South Alabama Medical Center
Organ: KI: Kidney
                   
  Characteristic of Waitlist Candidate Percent of New Waitlist Patients Percent of All Waitlist Patients
01/01/2001 to 12/31/2001 on 12/31/2001
This Center OPTN Region U.S. This Center OPTN Region U.S.
  (N=72) (N=2,986) (N=22,348)   (N=182) (N=5,936) (N=51,271)
All % 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race %
White 34.7 53.1 62.8 35.7 43.3 55.1
Black 61.1 44.2 29.0 59.9 54.4 36.2
Asian 4.2 1.4 5.1 3.8 1.4 6.0
Other 0.0 0.9 2.7 0.5 0.7 2.6
Unknown 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.1
Ethnicity %
Hispanic 2.8 10.7 14.2 2.7 11.1 14.9
Non-Hispanic 97.2 88.7 85.1 97.3 86.2 82.7
Unknown 0.0 0.6 0.7 0.0 2.7 2.4
Age  %
<2 years 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2-10 years 0.0 0.6 0.9 0.0 0.4 0.5
11-17 years 1.4 1.9 2.0 1.1 1.4 1.3
18-34 years 23.6 17.4 16.0 18.1 20.7 18.1
35-49 years 38.9 31.7 32.4 37.4 36.4 34.8
50-64 years 25.0 38.2 38.1 32.4 34.0 36.4
65+ years 11.1 10.2 10.5 11.0 7.0 8.8
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender %
Male 50.0 58.4 58.3 53.8 55.7 57.5
Female 50.0 41.6 41.7 46.2 44.3 42.5
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type %
O 34.7 49.8 48.4 46.7 52.3 52.7
A 36.1 31.7 33.4 25.8 25.1 27.7
B 25.0 14.8 14.4 23.1 20.2 17.0
AB 4.2 3.7 3.8 4.4 2.5 2.6
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant %
Yes 15.3 14.7 17.0 13.2 19.7 19.7
No 84.7 85.3 83.0 86.8 80.3 80.3
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Peak PRA %
0-9% 72.2 67.6 69.0 60.4 51.1 59.2
10-79% 15.3 19.9 14.5 23.1 24.4 19.3
80+% 12.5 10.0 6.4 16.5 23.0 13.4
Unknown 0.0 2.4 10.1 0.0 1.5 8.1
Primary Disease %
Glomerular Diseases 19.4 17.9 17.5 20.3 18.8 18.1
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases 2.8 2.9 3.6 2.2 3.0 3.4
Polycystic Kidneys 1.4 6.5 6.5 3.8 5.2 5.8
Congenital, Familial, Metabolic 1.4 0.6 1.3 0.5 0.7 1.1
Diabetes 25.0 19.6 23.5 29.1 17.0 22.3
Renovascular & Vascular Diseases 2.8 6.5 4.3 8.2 7.2 5.2
Neoplasms 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2
Retransplant/Graft Failure 13.9 11.1 13.3 12.1 13.2 14.0
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis 30.6 22.0 15.4 18.7 20.9 16.3
Other 2.8 11.9 11.8 4.9 12.6 11.4
Missing 0.0 0.7 2.4 0.0 1.4 2.1
Percents add to 100% for each Categorization.
Based on data available as of 04/30/2002.  Release at www.ustransplant.org on 07/05/2002.
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