Who is most likely to need cord blood?

Table 1. Cross Race Probabilities for HLA matching This table displays the mean probability that patients of the indicated race will find a 6/6 HLA-A,B,DR match from amongst a registry of 500,000 donors composed entirely of the indicated race. Reference: copied from the article, “Impact of racial genetic polymorphism upon the probability of finding an HLA-matched donor”, by PG Beatty, M Mori, & E Milford, Transplantation 1995; 60(8):778-83

Table 2. Composition of the NMDP registry of bone marrow donors through 2004 Reference: Extracted from the NMDP 2004 Biennial Report by Joana Ramos, MSW, of Cancer Resources & Advocacy

Table 3. Likelihood of finding a matching donor in the NMDP registry as of 7/31/2003