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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 Alabama Hospital
Organ: HR: Heart
                   
  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=55) (N=463) (N=3,402)   (N=70) (N=552) (N=4,097)
All % 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race %
White 81.8 76.7 81.5 77.1 75.7 84.1
Black 18.2 22.2 14.5 21.4 23.4 13.4
Asian 0.0 0.6 2.4 0.0 0.5 1.5
Other 0.0 0.4 1.7 1.4 0.4 1.0
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ethnicity %
Hispanic 0.0 11.4 8.3 0.0 7.8 7.0
Non-Hispanic 90.9 87.5 90.6 95.7 89.1 87.4
Unknown 9.1 1.1 1.1 4.3 3.1 5.6
Age  %
<2 years 5.5 9.1 6.5 1.4 3.3 3.0
2-10 years 1.8 4.1 3.4 1.4 1.4 1.6
11-17 years 16.4 8.0 4.3 10.0 4.0 2.1
18-34 years 9.1 11.0 9.9 7.1 8.9 8.5
35-49 years 20.0 19.2 21.1 28.6 29.9 27.4
50-64 years 47.3 45.1 47.6 45.7 48.9 52.1
65+ years 0.0 3.5 7.2 5.7 3.6 5.2
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender %
Male 74.5 71.7 73.6 72.9 71.9 77.9
Female 25.5 28.3 26.4 27.1 28.1 22.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type %
O 52.7 45.4 43.8 67.1 58.2 56.3
A 36.4 39.5 38.9 22.9 29.0 31.9
B 10.9 11.2 12.6 10.0 10.5 10.0
AB 0.0 3.9 4.7 0.0 2.4 1.9
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant %
Yes 1.8 5.6 4.7 7.1 3.6 2.9
No 98.2 94.4 95.3 92.9 96.4 97.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Primary Disease %
Cardiomyopathy 40.0 42.5 42.2 37.1 46.9 44.6
Coronary Artery Disease 41.8 36.1 41.0 42.9 42.4 44.1
Retransplant/Graft Failure 1.8 4.8 4.4 5.7 2.5 2.5
Valvular Heart Disease 1.8 1.7 2.2 2.9 2.4 2.2
Congenital Heart Disease 14.5 13.8 9.3 8.6 4.2 5.0
Other 0.0 1.1 0.9 2.9 1.6 1.0
Missing 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
Medical Urgency Status at Listing %
 Status 1A 16.4 26.1 26.7 4.3 4.2 5.5
 Status 1B 27.3 26.1 22.6 12.9 9.1 7.7
 Status 2 56.4 46.7 49.3 81.4 82.1 77.0
 Other 0.0 1.1 1.4 1.4 4.7 9.9
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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