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Table 2
Characteristics of Waitlist Patients
Patients registered on the waitlist between 07/01/2001 and 06/30/2002
Center: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Organ: KI: Kidney
                   
  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=77) (N=2,012) (N=22,756)   (N=149) (N=3,819) (N=53,041)
All (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race (%)
White 70.1 71.3 62.5 60.4 67.1 54.7
African-American 26.0 23.3 28.8 34.9 27.9 36.2
Asian 3.9 2.3 5.3 4.0 2.6 6.2
Other 0.0 2.1 2.8 0.7 2.1 2.7
Unknown 0.0 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.1
Ethnicity (%)
Hispanic 40.3 34.6 14.5 36.2 37.7 15.0
Non-Hispanic 59.7 65.4 84.9 61.7 61.1 83.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.0 1.3 2.0
Age  (%)
<2 years 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
2-10 years 2.6 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.4
11-17 years 0.0 1.6 2.1 1.3 1.0 1.3
18-34 years 13.0 16.9 15.8 19.5 19.3 17.9
35-49 years 37.7 33.8 32.3 39.6 35.5 34.5
50-64 years 40.3 38.7 38.2 34.9 37.1 36.9
65+ years 6.5 8.0 10.6 4.0 6.5 8.9
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender (%)
Male 59.7 56.9 58.5 54.4 55.5 57.6
Female 40.3 43.1 41.5 45.6 44.5 42.4
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type (%)
O 58.4 51.8 48.6 58.4 56.1 52.7
A 29.9 31.7 33.3 25.5 25.4 27.7
B 7.8 13.6 14.3 14.8 16.6 16.9
AB 3.9 2.9 3.9 1.3 1.9 2.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant (%)
Yes 14.3 15.5 17.0 33.6 21.1 20.0
No 85.7 84.5 83.0 66.4 78.9 80.0
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Peak PRA (%)
0-9% 67.5 73.2 68.3 48.3 62.7 59.1
10-79% 27.3 15.3 14.9 30.9 20.2 19.4
80+% 2.6 7.2 6.8 20.8 15.0 13.6
Unknown 2.6 4.4 10.0 0.0 2.1 7.9
Primary Disease (%)
Glomerular Diseases 28.6 17.5 17.5 18.8 16.3 17.6
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases 6.5 4.6 3.5 6.0 3.9 3.4
Polycystic Kidneys 1.3 6.5 6.6 2.0 5.8 5.8
Congenital, Familial, Metabolic 0.0 0.6 1.5 0.7 0.8 1.2
Diabetes 20.8 29.4 23.8 20.8 28.1 22.6
Renovascular & Vascular Diseases 10.4 5.4 4.0 4.0 6.2 5.1
Neoplasms 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.2
Retransplant/Graft Failure 9.1 13.3 13.8 22.8 16.3 14.7
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis 1.3 15.5 15.5 0.7 14.6 16.6
Other 20.8 7.1 11.5 23.5 7.9 11.1
Missing 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.1 1.7
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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