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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 07/01/2001 and 06/30/2002
Center: Jackson Memorial Hospital University of Miami School of Medicine
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=39) (N=418) (N=3,310)   (N=84) (N=547) (N=4,115)
All (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race (%)
White 69.2 77.0 80.7 75.0 77.9 83.5
African-American 30.8 20.8 15.2 25.0 20.8 14.0
Asian 0.0 1.2 1.9 0.0 0.7 1.4
Other 0.0 1.0 2.2 0.0 0.5 1.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ethnicity (%)
Hispanic 30.8 9.8 8.8 34.5 8.2 7.6
Non-Hispanic 69.2 90.2 89.8 65.5 89.6 87.6
Unknown 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 2.2 4.7
Age  (%)
<2 years 23.1 10.8 7.7 6.0 3.7 3.3
2-10 years 0.0 3.6 3.7 2.4 1.6 1.9
11-17 years 5.1 5.3 4.2 4.8 3.8 2.4
18-34 years 20.5 10.8 10.2 11.9 8.8 9.0
35-49 years 17.9 17.7 20.5 22.6 27.8 26.9
50-64 years 28.2 48.3 46.1 50.0 50.8 51.0
65+ years 5.1 3.6 7.5 2.4 3.5 5.3
Other (includes prenatal) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
Gender (%)
Male 71.8 74.9 73.3 67.9 72.4 77.6
Female 28.2 25.1 26.7 32.1 27.6 22.4
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type (%)
O 41.0 45.5 42.8 52.4 57.8 55.2
A 35.9 39.5 40.3 25.0 29.6 32.9
B 20.5 12.4 12.9 19.0 10.4 10.2
AB 2.6 2.6 4.0 3.6 2.2 1.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant (%)
Yes 12.8 4.8 4.0 3.6 2.9 2.9
No 87.2 95.2 96.0 96.4 97.1 97.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Primary Disease (%)
Cardiomyopathy 33.3 38.3 42.4 51.2 45.2 44.7
Coronary Artery Disease 28.2 42.1 40.7 32.1 44.4 43.5
Retransplant/Graft Failure 17.9 4.8 3.7 4.8 2.4 2.5
Valvular Heart Disease 5.1 0.7 2.0 6.0 2.2 2.2
Congenital Heart Disease 15.4 12.9 10.2 6.0 4.4 5.8
Other 0.0 1.2 1.0 0.0 1.5 0.9
Missing 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Medical Urgency Status at Listing (%)
 Status 1A 30.8 28.7 28.5 6.0 4.8 6.2
 Status 1B 20.5 23.9 21.8 11.9 10.1 8.5
 Status 2 48.7 46.4 48.2 76.2 81.9 79.4
 Other 0.0 1.0 1.5 6.0 3.3 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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