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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 07/01/2001 and 06/30/2002
Center: Cedars Sinai Medical Center
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=43) (N=474) (N=3,310)   (N=42) (N=715) (N=4,115)
All (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race (%)
White 76.7 80.4 80.7 76.2 84.5 83.5
African-American 20.9 9.1 15.2 21.4 8.5 14.0
Asian 2.3 6.1 1.9 2.4 5.0 1.4
Other 0.0 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 16.3 17.3 8.8 14.3 15.7 7.6
Non-Hispanic 83.7 82.5 89.8 83.3 80.3 87.6
Unknown 0.0 0.2 1.4 2.4 4.1 4.7
Age  (%)
<2 years 0.0 7.2 7.7 0.0 3.5 3.3
2-10 years 0.0 6.1 3.7 0.0 2.0 1.9
11-17 years 0.0 5.5 4.2 0.0 2.2 2.4
18-34 years 4.7 9.5 10.2 4.8 7.0 9.0
35-49 years 16.3 20.7 20.5 19.0 25.6 26.9
50-64 years 60.5 40.5 46.1 59.5 50.3 51.0
65+ years 18.6 10.3 7.5 16.7 9.2 5.3
Other (includes prenatal) 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1
Gender (%)
Male 69.8 68.8 73.3 90.5 79.3 77.6
Female 30.2 31.2 26.7 9.5 20.7 22.4
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type (%)
O 44.2 43.2 42.8 64.3 58.7 55.2
A 39.5 38.6 40.3 23.8 29.1 32.9
B 16.3 14.6 12.9 11.9 10.5 10.2
AB 0.0 3.6 4.0 0.0 1.7 1.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant (%)
Yes 2.3 4.2 4.0 4.8 3.8 2.9
No 97.7 95.8 96.0 95.2 96.2 97.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Primary Disease (%)
Cardiomyopathy 39.5 46.4 42.4 47.6 46.9 44.7
Coronary Artery Disease 48.8 34.2 40.7 42.9 40.8 43.5
Retransplant/Graft Failure 2.3 3.8 3.7 4.8 3.4 2.5
Valvular Heart Disease 7.0 2.5 2.0 4.8 2.4 2.2
Congenital Heart Disease 2.3 12.2 10.2 0.0 5.7 5.8
Other 0.0 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.9
Missing 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5
Medical Urgency Status at Listing (%)
 Status 1A 18.6 26.4 28.5 0.0 4.5 6.2
 Status 1B 14.0 13.3 21.8 2.4 3.2 8.5
 Status 2 67.4 59.3 48.2 95.2 86.9 79.4
 Other 0.0 1.1 1.5 2.4 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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