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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2016 Jan;16(Suppl 2):11–46. doi: 10.1111/ajt.13666

Table KI 1.1. Reasons for inactive status among adult kidney transplant listings, 2014.

As candidates can be concurrently listed at more than one center and reasons for inactive status may differ, each listing is counted separately.

Inactive 7 days
after listing
Active at listing,
inactive on Dec 31
Reasons for inactive status N % N %
Candidate work-up incomplete 8,539 73.0 5,884 31.0
Insurance issues 1,024 8.8 1,711 9.0
Too sick 800 6.8 6,972 36.8
Weight inappropriate 521 4.5 1,019 5.4
Too well 389 3.3 925 4.9
Candidate choice 164 1.4 1,016 5.4
Transplant pending 84 0.7 53 0.3
Candidate for LD transplant only 72 0.6 11 0.1
Inappropriate substance abuse 35 0.3 232 1.2
Medical non-compliance 34 0.3 651 3.4
Unknown 33 0.3 113 0.6
Candidate could not be contacted 2 0.0 366 1.9
Removal pending data correction 1 0.0 0 0.0
Physician/surgeon unavailable 1 0.0 10 0.1

LD, living donor.