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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 07/01/2000 and 06/30/2001
National Report
Organ: HL: Heart/Lung
           
  Characteristic of Waitlist Candidate Percent of New Waitlist Patients Percent of All Waitlist Patients
07/01/2000 to 06/30/2001 on 06/30/2001
U.S. U.S.
  (N=135)   (N=222)
All % 100 100
Race %
White 83.7 85.6
Black 13.3 11.3
Asian 1.5 1.4
Other 1.5 1.4
Unknown 0.0 0.5
Ethnicity %
Hispanic 7.4 8.6
Non-Hispanic 89.6 82.4
Unknown 3.0 9.0
Age  %
<2 years 6.7 5.0
2-10 years 8.1 7.2
11-17 years 11.1 11.7
18-34 years 22.2 29.7
35-49 years 40.7 36.9
50-64 years 11.1 9.5
65+ years 0.0 0.0
Unknown 0.0 0.0
Gender %
Male 45.2 42.8
Female 54.8 57.2
Unknown 0.0 0.0
Blood Type %
O 53.3 55.4
A 35.6 35.1
B 8.9 6.3
AB 2.2 3.2
Unknown 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant %
Yes 14.1 5.9
No 85.9 94.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0
Primary Disease %
Congenital Disease 24.4 36.5
Retransplant/Graft Failure 1.5 1.4
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 24.4 19.4
Cystic Fibrosis 2.2 1.8
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 2.2 0.5
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 0.7 0.5
Emphysema/COPD 3.0 2.3
Other 41.5 36.5
Missing 0.0 1.4
Percents add to 100% for each Categorization.
Based on data available as of 11/01/2001.
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