TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics of 147 patients deemed to be unsuitable for transplant

	n (%)
Age (years)
≤ 20	3 (2)
21–30	7 (4.8)
31–40	19 (13)
41–50	50 (34)
51–60	31 (21)
≥ 61	37 (25)
Ethnicity
Caucasian	103 (70)
South Asian*	13 (8.8)
First Nations	14 (9.5)
Asia-Pacific†	11 (7.5)
African-Canadian	2 (1.4)
Race not stated	4 (2.7)
Referring diagnosis
Hepatitis C‡	52 (35)
Alcoholic liver disease	35 (24)
Acute liver failure	14 (9.5)
Hepatitis B	12 (8.2)
Primary sclerosing cholangitis	8 (5.4)
Autoimmune hepatitis	8 (5.4)
Primary biliary cirrhosis	7 (4.8)
Cryptogenic cirrhosis	5 (3.4)
Miscellaneous	6 (4.1)

^*Indo-Canadian;

^†Oriental;

^‡Includes one patient with hepatitis C and hepatitis B coinfection