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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: 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=659) (N=2,986) (N=22,348)   (N=1,404) (N=5,936) (N=51,271)
All % 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race %
White 45.8 53.1 62.8 34.8 43.3 55.1
Black 52.2 44.2 29.0 63.7 54.4 36.2
Asian 0.2 1.4 5.1 0.4 1.4 6.0
Other 1.1 0.9 2.7 0.7 0.7 2.6
Unknown 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1
Ethnicity %
Hispanic 0.2 10.7 14.2 0.2 11.1 14.9
Non-Hispanic 98.3 88.7 85.1 95.9 86.2 82.7
Unknown 1.5 0.6 0.7 3.9 2.7 2.4
Age  %
<2 years 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
2-10 years 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.5
11-17 years 1.5 1.9 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.3
18-34 years 18.1 17.4 16.0 21.4 20.7 18.1
35-49 years 33.2 31.7 32.4 37.7 36.4 34.8
50-64 years 41.7 38.2 38.1 35.8 34.0 36.4
65+ years 4.6 10.2 10.5 3.0 7.0 8.8
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender %
Male 61.2 58.4 58.3 59.2 55.7 57.5
Female 38.8 41.6 41.7 40.8 44.3 42.5
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type %
O 50.2 49.8 48.4 50.8 52.3 52.7
A 32.6 31.7 33.4 26.2 25.1 27.7
B 12.3 14.8 14.4 20.3 20.2 17.0
AB 4.9 3.7 3.8 2.7 2.5 2.6
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant %
Yes 14.0 14.7 17.0 19.5 19.7 19.7
No 86.0 85.3 83.0 80.5 80.3 80.3
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Peak PRA %
0-9% 75.4 67.6 69.0 57.6 51.1 59.2
10-79% 18.4 19.9 14.5 24.1 24.4 19.3
80+% 6.1 10.0 6.4 18.3 23.0 13.4
Unknown 0.2 2.4 10.1 0.0 1.5 8.1
Primary Disease %
Glomerular Diseases 21.2 17.9 17.5 20.6 18.8 18.1
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases 2.9 2.9 3.6 2.7 3.0 3.4
Polycystic Kidneys 6.8 6.5 6.5 4.8 5.2 5.8
Congenital, Familial, Metabolic 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.6 0.7 1.1
Diabetes 23.4 19.6 23.5 19.0 17.0 22.3
Renovascular & Vascular Diseases 0.6 6.5 4.3 0.7 7.2 5.2
Neoplasms 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2
Retransplant/Graft Failure 10.9 11.1 13.3 9.5 13.2 14.0
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis 23.8 22.0 15.4 24.1 20.9 16.3
Other 8.2 11.9 11.8 16.7 12.6 11.4
Missing 1.5 0.7 2.4 1.1 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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