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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 07/01/2001 and 06/30/2002
Center: Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Organ: HR: Heart
                   
  Characteristic of Waitlist Candidate Percent of New Waitlist Registrations Percent of All Waitlist Registrations
07/01/2001 to 06/30/2002 on 06/30/2002
This Center OPTN Region U.S. This Center OPTN Region U.S.
  (N=16) (N=474) (N=3,310)   (N=8) (N=715) (N=4,115)
All (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race (%)
White 75.0 80.4 80.7 75.0 84.5 83.5
African-American 6.3 9.1 15.2 12.5 8.5 14.0
Asian 12.5 6.1 1.9 12.5 5.0 1.4
Other 6.3 4.4 2.2 0.0 2.0 1.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ethnicity (%)
Hispanic 18.8 17.3 8.8 12.5 15.7 7.6
Non-Hispanic 81.3 82.5 89.8 87.5 80.3 87.6
Unknown 0.0 0.2 1.4 0.0 4.1 4.7
Age  (%)
<2 years 43.8 7.2 7.7 37.5 3.5 3.3
2-10 years 31.3 6.1 3.7 25.0 2.0 1.9
11-17 years 12.5 5.5 4.2 12.5 2.2 2.4
18-34 years 6.3 9.5 10.2 12.5 7.0 9.0
35-49 years 0.0 20.7 20.5 0.0 25.6 26.9
50-64 years 0.0 40.5 46.1 0.0 50.3 51.0
65+ years 0.0 10.3 7.5 0.0 9.2 5.3
Other (includes prenatal) 6.3 0.2 0.2 12.5 0.1 0.1
Gender (%)
Male 56.3 68.8 73.3 50.0 79.3 77.6
Female 43.8 31.2 26.7 50.0 20.7 22.4
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type (%)
O 37.5 43.2 42.8 50.0 58.7 55.2
A 37.5 38.6 40.3 25.0 29.1 32.9
B 6.3 14.6 12.9 12.5 10.5 10.2
AB 18.8 3.6 4.0 12.5 1.7 1.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant (%)
Yes 0.0 4.2 4.0 0.0 3.8 2.9
No 100.0 95.8 96.0 100.0 96.2 97.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Primary Disease (%)
Cardiomyopathy 43.8 46.4 42.4 37.5 46.9 44.7
Coronary Artery Disease 0.0 34.2 40.7 0.0 40.8 43.5
Retransplant/Graft Failure 0.0 3.8 3.7 0.0 3.4 2.5
Valvular Heart Disease 0.0 2.5 2.0 0.0 2.4 2.2
Congenital Heart Disease 43.8 12.2 10.2 50.0 5.7 5.8
Other 12.5 0.8 1.0 12.5 0.4 0.9
Missing 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5
Medical Urgency Status at Listing (%)
 Status 1A 81.3 26.4 28.5 75.0 4.5 6.2
 Status 1B 0.0 13.3 21.8 0.0 3.2 8.5
 Status 2 18.8 59.3 48.2 25.0 86.9 79.4
 Other 0.0 1.1 1.5 0.0 5.5 5.9
Percents add to 100% for each Categorization.
Based on data available as of 10/31/2002.  Release at www.ustransplant.org on 01/07/2003.
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