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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 01/01/2002 and 12/31/2002
Center: Medical College of Georgia
Organ: KI: Kidney
                   
  Characteristic of Waitlist Candidate Percent of New Waitlist Registrations Percent of All Waitlist Registrations
01/01/2002 to 12/31/2002 on 12/31/2002
This Center OPTN Region U.S. This Center OPTN Region U.S.
  (N=109) (N=2,947) (N=23,495)   (N=198) (N=6,428) (N=53,956)
All (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race (%)
White 31.2 51.2 62.6 29.8 41.8 54.6
African-American 67.0 45.1 28.7 69.2 55.6 36.2
Asian 1.8 1.5 5.5 1.0 1.3 6.3
Other 0.0 1.1 2.7 0.0 0.9 2.8
Unknown 0.0 1.1 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.1
Ethnicity (%)
Hispanic 2.8 9.3 14.9 1.5 10.1 15.4
Non-Hispanic 97.2 90.6 84.5 97.5 88.0 83.0
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.0 1.9 1.6
Age  (%)
<2 years 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
2-10 years 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5
11-17 years 0.9 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.4 1.3
18-34 years 17.4 16.6 15.6 21.2 20.1 17.5
35-49 years 27.5 32.5 31.7 30.8 35.8 34.3
50-64 years 37.6 38.1 38.9 35.4 34.9 37.3
65+ years 15.6 9.7 10.7 11.1 7.3 9.0
Other (includes prenatal) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender (%)
Male 52.3 59.0 59.0 50.0 56.1 57.6
Female 47.7 41.0 41.0 50.0 43.9 42.4
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type (%)
O 44.0 50.6 48.6 51.5 52.9 52.8
A 29.4 31.0 33.0 24.7 24.6 27.6
B 23.9 14.9 14.6 21.2 20.1 17.0
AB 2.8 3.5 3.9 2.5 2.4 2.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant (%)
Yes 11.0 15.1 17.3 22.7 19.7 20.1
No 89.0 84.9 82.7 77.3 80.3 79.9
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Peak PRA (%)
0-9% 63.3 68.8 67.4 38.9 52.1 58.7
10-79% 22.9 20.0 14.9 28.8 24.7 19.3
80+% 12.8 10.6 7.2 32.3 22.8 13.9
Unknown 0.9 0.6 10.5 0.0 0.4 8.1
Primary Disease (%)
Glomerular Diseases 19.3 18.4 17.5 17.7 18.0 17.4
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases 0.0 3.5 3.5 0.0 3.0 3.3
Polycystic Kidneys 2.8 7.3 6.7 1.0 5.4 5.7
Congenital, Familial, Metabolic 0.9 1.0 1.5 1.5 0.7 1.2
Diabetes 1.8 20.5 24.4 10.1 18.0 22.9
Renovascular & Vascular Diseases 0.9 6.0 4.1 3.5 6.7 5.1
Neoplasms 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.2
Retransplant/Graft Failure 10.1 12.7 14.0 20.7 14.1 15.3
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis 25.7 20.6 15.5 21.7 22.0 16.8
Other 37.6 9.8 10.8 23.2 11.1 10.9
Missing 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.8 1.3
Percents add to 100% for each Categorization.  N=number.
Based on data available as of 04/30/2003.  Release at www.ustransplant.org on 07/09/2003.
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