Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Heart Recipients

Recipient Race Year of Transplant
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 2,296 2,337 2,362 2,342 2,294 2,348 2,188 2,197 2,202 2,154
White 1,986 1,994 2,020 1,973 1,978 1,983 1,803 1,828 1,809 1,757
African American 253 281 271 310 261 305 322 293 314 306
Asian 30 30 39 35 32 31 39 41 47 44
Other/Multi-race 25 29 31 24 22 27 24 35 32 46
Unknown 2 3 1 - 1 2 - - - 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 86.5% 85.3% 85.5% 84.2% 86.2% 84.5% 82.4% 83.2% 82.2% 81.6%
African American 11.0% 12.0% 11.5% 13.2% 11.4% 13.0% 14.7% 13.3% 14.3% 14.2%
Asian 1.3% 1.3% 1.7% 1.5% 1.4% 1.3% 1.8% 1.9% 2.1% 2.0%
Other/Multi-race 1.1% 1.2% 1.3% 1.0% 1.0% 1.1% 1.1% 1.6% 1.5% 2.1%
Unknown 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% - 0.0% 0.1% - - - 0.0%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than heart-lung, in which a heart was one of

the organs transplanted.