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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 Virginia Health Sciences Center
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=13) (N=369) (N=3,310)   (N=50) (N=455) (N=4,115)
All (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Race (%)
White 76.9 76.7 80.7 84.0 80.9 83.5
African-American 23.1 20.6 15.2 16.0 18.5 14.0
Asian 0.0 1.1 1.9 0.0 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 96.0 96.3 87.6
Unknown 0.0 0.0 1.4 4.0 2.9 4.7
Age  (%)
<2 years 0.0 4.6 7.7 2.0 2.0 3.3
2-10 years 7.7 1.6 3.7 2.0 1.5 1.9
11-17 years 7.7 2.2 4.2 2.0 0.9 2.4
18-34 years 7.7 10.0 10.2 10.0 9.2 9.0
35-49 years 30.8 23.0 20.5 28.0 31.4 26.9
50-64 years 46.2 52.3 46.1 52.0 52.1 51.0
65+ years 0.0 6.2 7.5 4.0 2.9 5.3
Other (includes prenatal) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
Gender (%)
Male 76.9 74.0 73.3 70.0 78.7 77.6
Female 23.1 26.0 26.7 30.0 21.3 22.4
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blood Type (%)
O 38.5 43.1 42.8 52.0 57.1 55.2
A 38.5 43.1 40.3 34.0 33.8 32.9
B 15.4 10.6 12.9 12.0 8.1 10.2
AB 7.7 3.3 4.0 2.0 0.9 1.7
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Previous Transplant (%)
Yes 15.4 4.6 4.0 2.0 1.8 2.9
No 84.6 95.4 96.0 98.0 98.2 97.1
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Primary Disease (%)
Cardiomyopathy 53.8 41.5 42.4 38.0 43.3 44.7
Coronary Artery Disease 30.8 43.9 40.7 52.0 48.4 43.5
Retransplant/Graft Failure 15.4 4.3 3.7 2.0 1.8 2.5
Valvular Heart Disease 0.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 1.3 2.2
Congenital Heart Disease 0.0 7.0 10.2 6.0 4.2 5.8
Other 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.9 0.9
Missing 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.2 0.5
Medical Urgency Status at Listing (%)
 Status 1A 15.4 24.1 28.5 0.0 5.9 6.2
 Status 1B 7.7 23.0 21.8 0.0 10.8 8.5
 Status 2 76.9 52.0 48.2 100.0 79.1 79.4
 Other 0.0 0.8 1.5 0.0 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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