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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 07/01/2001 and 06/30/2002
Center: Emory University Hospital
Organ: LI: Liver
                   
  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=165) (N=1,293) (N=10,338)   (N=159) (N=1,245) (N=17,672)
All (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race (%)
White 75.8 85.0 84.6 85.5 88.0 86.5
African-American 18.8 12.4 8.5 12.6 10.9 7.2
Asian 3.6 1.7 4.1 1.3 0.5 4.1
Other 1.2 0.8 2.7 0.6 0.6 2.1
Unknown 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ethnicity (%)
Hispanic 2.4 14.8 15.1 3.1 12.9 13.8
Non-Hispanic 97.6 85.1 83.7 96.9 87.1 83.8
Unknown 0.0 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.1 2.4
Age  (%)
<2 years 0.0 5.3 4.8 0.0 2.5 2.5
2-10 years 0.0 2.3 2.2 0.0 2.0 1.8
11-17 years 0.0 1.6 2.2 0.0 1.4 2.0
18-34 years 4.8 6.3 6.1 4.4 5.5 6.0
35-49 years 45.5 32.6 32.4 47.8 37.1 37.6
50-64 years 44.2 43.2 45.2 41.5 45.2 44.1
65+ years 5.5 8.8 7.1 6.3 6.3 5.8
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender (%)
Male 57.0 61.3 60.3 54.7 59.5 57.3
Female 43.0 38.7 39.7 45.3 40.5 42.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type (%)
O 43.0 47.0 47.2 46.5 52.4 50.9
A 41.2 37.0 36.5 37.1 34.7 35.1
B 10.9 12.4 12.2 12.6 11.1 11.2
AB 4.8 3.6 4.1 3.8 1.8 2.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant (%)
Yes 13.3 12.3 11.6 8.2 5.5 7.3
No 86.7 87.7 88.4 91.8 94.5 92.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Primary Disease (%)
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 31.5 9.3 7.2 22.6 7.2 4.7
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 37.0 61.9 59.4 49.1 69.2 66.2
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 6.1 7.1 8.0 7.5 8.4 10.1
Biliary Atresia 0.0 2.2 2.4 0.0 1.8 2.1
Metabolic Diseases 3.0 2.2 2.1 2.5 1.9 1.9
Malignant Neoplasms 1.2 2.2 1.9 0.0 1.0 1.0
Other 9.1 13.1 12.1 5.0 8.2 8.6
Missing 12.1 2.0 7.0 13.2 2.2 5.5
Medical Urgency Status/MELD/PELD at Listing (%) *
 Status 1  5.5 7.8 7.7 0.0 0.3 1.3
 Status 2A 1.2 3.3 3.4 0.0 0.2 0.3
 Status 2B 17.0 21.8 19.0 7.5 13.8 9.7
 Status 3 38.2 34.0 36.6 59.7 58.2 67.5
MELD 6-10 4.2 5.3 6.0 4.4 4.3 3.1
MELD 11-20 18.8 13.6 14.5 18.2 11.2 7.1
MELD 21-30 4.2 3.2 3.3 1.9 1.8 1.0
MELD 31-40 2.4 1.7 1.6 1.3 0.4 0.2
PELD  less than or equal 10 0.0 1.2 0.8 0.0 1.0 0.4
PELD 11-20 0.0 0.6 0.7 0.0 0.5 0.3
PELD 21-30 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1
PELD 31 or greater 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
 Other 8.5 7.1 6.0 6.9 8.3 9.1
Percents add to 100% for each Categorization.
* MELD/ PELD score based on laboratory measures is shown for listings beginning 2/27/2002 unless patient is Status 1 or Temporarily Inactive.
   MELD/PELD scores based on exception rules are not used.
Based on data available as of 10/31/2002.  Release at www.ustransplant.org on 01/07/2003.
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