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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 07/01/2000 and 06/30/2001
Center: Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
Organ: LI: Liver
                   
  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
This Center OPTN Region U.S. This Center OPTN Region U.S.
  (N=79) (N=1,341) (N=11,236)   (N=47) (N=1,273) (N=18,089)
All % 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race %
White 81.0 84.7 84.6 74.5 88.6 86.3
Black 17.7 12.5 8.8 25.5 10.1 7.4
Asian 0.0 1.4 3.8 0.0 0.5 4.0
Other 1.3 1.3 2.8 0.0 0.9 2.2
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Ethnicity %
Hispanic 0.0 13.3 13.3 4.3 12.9 12.5
Non-Hispanic 100.0 86.7 84.1 95.7 87.1 81.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 5.7
Age  %
<2 years 6.3 5.4 4.9 4.3 2.7 2.7
2-10 years 1.3 2.2 2.5 4.3 2.0 2.1
11-17 years 7.6 2.9 2.4 4.3 2.4 2.1
18-34 years 7.6 5.5 6.1 12.8 5.2 6.0
35-49 years 26.6 33.4 34.1 23.4 35.7 38.7
50-64 years 41.8 43.4 43.4 46.8 44.5 42.6
65+ years 8.9 7.2 6.5 4.3 7.4 5.8
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender %
Male 59.5 63.2 60.5 44.7 59.3 57.6
Female 40.5 36.8 39.5 55.3 40.7 42.4
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type %
O 45.6 47.9 45.6 57.4 53.0 50.6
A 44.3 37.7 38.4 29.8 34.2 35.3
B 7.6 11.4 12.6 10.6 10.6 11.3
AB 2.5 2.9 3.5 2.1 2.1 2.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant %
Yes 15.2 11.0 11.2 6.4 5.9 7.0
No 84.8 89.0 88.8 93.6 94.1 93.0
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Primary Disease %
Acute Hepatic Necrosis 3.8 7.8 7.0 2.1 4.2 4.4
Non-Cholestatic Cirrhosis 64.6 62.9 58.3 61.7 71.3 64.2
Cholestatic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis 7.6 8.4 8.5 12.8 8.6 10.3
Biliary Atresia 5.1 2.6 2.5 8.5 1.8 2.2
Metabolic Diseases 3.8 2.2 2.0 4.3 2.2 1.9
Malignant Neoplasms 1.3 3.1 1.8 0.0 1.4 1.2
Other 13.9 11.6 10.5 10.6 9.1 7.9
Missing 0.0 1.4 9.4 0.0 1.3 8.1
Medical Urgency Status at Listing %
 Status 1  10.1 8.5 7.1 0.0 0.9 1.3
 Status 2A 7.6 4.0 4.2 2.1 0.2 0.5
 Status 2B 51.9 29.2 26.7 34.0 21.2 13.1
 Status 3 26.6 46.9 57.0 55.3 66.4 74.3
 Other 3.8 11.4 5.1 8.5 11.3 10.9
Percents add to 100% for each Categorization.
Based on data available as of 11/01/2001.
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