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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 07/01/2001 and 06/30/2002
Center: Medical College of Georgia
Organ: KI: Kidney
                   
  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=101) (N=2,962) (N=22,756)   (N=193) (N=6,250) (N=53,041)
All (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race (%)
White 34.7 52.9 62.5 30.1 43.2 54.7
African-American 65.3 44.0 28.8 68.9 54.4 36.2
Asian 0.0 1.2 5.3 1.0 1.3 6.2
Other 0.0 0.8 2.8 0.0 0.7 2.7
Unknown 0.0 1.1 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.1
Ethnicity (%)
Hispanic 1.0 9.8 14.5 0.5 10.7 15.0
Non-Hispanic 99.0 90.0 84.9 98.4 87.1 83.1
Unknown 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.0 2.2 2.0
Age  (%)
<2 years 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2-10 years 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.4
11-17 years 2.0 2.0 2.1 0.5 1.5 1.3
18-34 years 16.8 16.8 15.8 22.8 20.5 17.9
35-49 years 30.7 33.9 32.3 31.6 36.2 34.5
50-64 years 36.6 37.1 38.2 35.8 34.4 36.9
65+ years 12.9 9.3 10.6 8.8 6.9 8.9
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender (%)
Male 57.4 58.4 58.5 49.7 55.8 57.6
Female 42.6 41.6 41.5 50.3 44.2 42.4
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type (%)
O 55.4 50.7 48.6 54.9 52.4 52.7
A 25.7 31.3 33.3 24.4 25.3 27.7
B 18.8 14.3 14.3 19.2 19.9 16.9
AB 0.0 3.7 3.9 1.6 2.5 2.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant (%)
Yes 12.9 15.3 17.0 23.3 20.0 20.0
No 87.1 84.7 83.0 76.7 80.0 80.0
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Peak PRA (%)
0-9% 62.4 68.7 68.3 36.3 52.2 59.1
10-79% 22.8 19.9 14.9 29.5 24.4 19.4
80+% 14.9 10.4 6.8 34.2 22.7 13.6
Unknown 0.0 0.9 10.0 0.0 0.7 7.9
Primary Disease (%)
Glomerular Diseases 20.8 18.3 17.5 16.6 18.3 17.6
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases 0.0 3.2 3.5 1.0 2.9 3.4
Polycystic Kidneys 4.0 7.0 6.6 1.0 5.7 5.8
Congenital, Familial, Metabolic 0.0 0.7 1.5 1.0 0.7 1.2
Diabetes 8.9 18.9 23.8 12.4 17.2 22.6
Renovascular & Vascular Diseases 1.0 6.4 4.0 3.1 7.1 5.1
Neoplasms 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2
Retransplant/Graft Failure 12.9 11.9 13.8 21.8 13.8 14.7
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis 18.8 21.9 15.5 20.2 21.4 16.6
Other 32.7 11.1 11.5 22.3 11.7 11.1
Missing 1.0 0.2 2.2 0.5 1.1 1.7
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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