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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 07/01/2001 and 06/30/2002
Center: Loma Linda University 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=40) (N=474) (N=3,310)   (N=19) (N=715) (N=4,115)
All (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race (%)
White 77.5 80.4 80.7 94.7 84.5 83.5
African-American 10.0 9.1 15.2 0.0 8.5 14.0
Asian 5.0 6.1 1.9 0.0 5.0 1.4
Other 7.5 4.4 2.2 5.3 2.0 1.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ethnicity (%)
Hispanic 37.5 17.3 8.8 36.8 15.7 7.6
Non-Hispanic 62.5 82.5 89.8 63.2 80.3 87.6
Unknown 0.0 0.2 1.4 0.0 4.1 4.7
Age  (%)
<2 years 35.0 7.2 7.7 15.8 3.5 3.3
2-10 years 20.0 6.1 3.7 26.3 2.0 1.9
11-17 years 10.0 5.5 4.2 5.3 2.2 2.4
18-34 years 2.5 9.5 10.2 5.3 7.0 9.0
35-49 years 10.0 20.7 20.5 10.5 25.6 26.9
50-64 years 20.0 40.5 46.1 26.3 50.3 51.0
65+ years 2.5 10.3 7.5 10.5 9.2 5.3
Other (includes prenatal) 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1
Gender (%)
Male 65.0 68.8 73.3 68.4 79.3 77.6
Female 35.0 31.2 26.7 31.6 20.7 22.4
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type (%)
O 55.0 43.2 42.8 63.2 58.7 55.2
A 27.5 38.6 40.3 15.8 29.1 32.9
B 15.0 14.6 12.9 15.8 10.5 10.2
AB 2.5 3.6 4.0 5.3 1.7 1.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant (%)
Yes 7.5 4.2 4.0 10.5 3.8 2.9
No 92.5 95.8 96.0 89.5 96.2 97.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Primary Disease (%)
Cardiomyopathy 37.5 46.4 42.4 36.8 46.9 44.7
Coronary Artery Disease 12.5 34.2 40.7 21.1 40.8 43.5
Retransplant/Graft Failure 5.0 3.8 3.7 10.5 3.4 2.5
Valvular Heart Disease 0.0 2.5 2.0 0.0 2.4 2.2
Congenital Heart Disease 42.5 12.2 10.2 31.6 5.7 5.8
Other 2.5 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 40.0 26.4 28.5 21.1 4.5 6.2
 Status 1B 15.0 13.3 21.8 10.5 3.2 8.5
 Status 2 42.5 59.3 48.2 68.4 86.9 79.4
 Other 2.5 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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