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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 01/01/2002 and 12/31/2002
Center: University of Maryland Medical System
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=536) (N=3,605) (N=23,495)   (N=1,147) (N=8,178) (N=53,956)
All (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race (%)
White 56.0 59.1 62.6 45.4 50.2 54.6
African-American 40.7 35.8 28.7 52.0 44.7 36.2
Asian 1.9 2.8 5.5 1.1 3.1 6.3
Other 1.3 1.8 2.7 1.4 1.9 2.8
Unknown 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.1
Ethnicity (%)
Hispanic 1.9 5.9 14.9 3.7 6.3 15.4
Non-Hispanic 98.1 92.7 84.5 95.8 92.1 83.0
Unknown 0.0 1.4 0.6 0.5 1.6 1.6
Age  (%)
<2 years 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
2-10 years 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.5
11-17 years 0.7 1.9 2.0 0.4 1.2 1.3
18-34 years 7.6 13.2 15.6 9.6 15.4 17.5
35-49 years 29.9 30.1 31.7 31.6 32.3 34.3
50-64 years 40.7 39.8 38.9 39.1 38.3 37.3
65+ years 20.5 14.0 10.7 19.2 12.2 9.0
Other (includes prenatal) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender (%)
Male 61.0 59.1 59.0 59.1 58.8 57.6
Female 39.0 40.9 41.0 40.9 41.2 42.4
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type (%)
O 46.3 46.4 48.6 54.1 52.6 52.8
A 37.5 34.2 33.0 26.2 26.6 27.6
B 13.4 15.7 14.6 18.4 18.6 17.0
AB 2.8 3.7 3.9 1.3 2.3 2.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant (%)
Yes 16.0 18.4 17.3 18.6 21.0 20.1
No 84.0 81.6 82.7 81.4 79.0 79.9
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Peak PRA (%)
0-9% 57.6 73.7 67.4 49.0 65.4 58.7
10-79% 21.6 13.6 14.9 32.6 20.1 19.3
80+% 13.1 6.8 7.2 17.6 12.4 13.9
Unknown 7.6 5.8 10.5 0.8 2.2 8.1
Primary Disease (%)
Glomerular Diseases 5.2 15.0 17.5 5.4 15.1 17.4
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases 0.7 2.6 3.5 1.3 2.7 3.3
Polycystic Kidneys 5.4 6.7 6.7 4.3 6.3 5.7
Congenital, Familial, Metabolic 0.0 1.2 1.5 0.1 1.0 1.2
Diabetes 28.5 22.4 24.4 26.8 20.3 22.9
Renovascular & Vascular Diseases 0.4 5.4 4.1 11.9 7.2 5.1
Neoplasms 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Retransplant/Graft Failure 12.9 14.2 14.0 14.9 15.3 15.3
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis 18.5 16.4 15.5 8.7 16.6 16.8
Other 28.4 13.8 10.8 26.1 14.3 10.9
Missing 0.0 2.0 1.6 0.3 1.0 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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