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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 07/01/2001 and 06/30/2002
Center: Jewish Hospital
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=30) (N=369) (N=3,310)   (N=82) (N=455) (N=4,115)
All (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race (%)
White 86.7 76.7 80.7 89.0 80.9 83.5
African-American 13.3 20.6 15.2 9.8 18.5 14.0
Asian 0.0 1.1 1.9 1.2 0.2 1.4
Other 0.0 1.4 2.2 0.0 0.4 1.1
Unknown 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ethnicity (%)
Hispanic 0.0 3.3 8.8 0.0 0.9 7.6
Non-Hispanic 100.0 96.7 89.8 93.9 96.3 87.6
Unknown 0.0 0.0 1.4 6.1 2.9 4.7
Age  (%)
<2 years 0.0 4.6 7.7 0.0 2.0 3.3
2-10 years 0.0 1.6 3.7 1.2 1.5 1.9
11-17 years 0.0 2.2 4.2 0.0 0.9 2.4
18-34 years 10.0 10.0 10.2 4.9 9.2 9.0
35-49 years 26.7 23.0 20.5 35.4 31.4 26.9
50-64 years 63.3 52.3 46.1 57.3 52.1 51.0
65+ years 0.0 6.2 7.5 1.2 2.9 5.3
Other (includes prenatal) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
Gender (%)
Male 73.3 74.0 73.3 81.7 78.7 77.6
Female 26.7 26.0 26.7 18.3 21.3 22.4
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type (%)
O 30.0 43.1 42.8 52.4 57.1 55.2
A 50.0 43.1 40.3 40.2 33.8 32.9
B 13.3 10.6 12.9 6.1 8.1 10.2
AB 6.7 3.3 4.0 1.2 0.9 1.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant (%)
Yes 0.0 4.6 4.0 2.4 1.8 2.9
No 100.0 95.4 96.0 97.6 98.2 97.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Primary Disease (%)
Cardiomyopathy 40.0 41.5 42.4 43.9 43.3 44.7
Coronary Artery Disease 53.3 43.9 40.7 50.0 48.4 43.5
Retransplant/Graft Failure 0.0 4.3 3.7 2.4 1.8 2.5
Valvular Heart Disease 6.7 3.0 2.0 2.4 1.3 2.2
Congenital Heart Disease 0.0 7.0 10.2 1.2 4.2 5.8
Other 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.9 0.9
Missing 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5
Medical Urgency Status at Listing (%)
 Status 1A 26.7 24.1 28.5 8.5 5.9 6.2
 Status 1B 33.3 23.0 21.8 11.0 10.8 8.5
 Status 2 36.7 52.0 48.2 76.8 79.1 79.4
 Other 3.3 0.8 1.5 3.7 4.2 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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