Table 2.1

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Deceased Donors of Any Organ

Donor Ethnicity Year
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 4,861 5,099 5,363 5,418 5,479 5,794 5,824 5,986 6,081 6,182
Hispanic/Latino 437 423 487 487 557 601 638 643 735 757
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino 3,481 4,452 4,862 4,888 4,903 5,160 5,168 5,342 5,346 5,425
Unknown 943 224 14 43 19 33 18 1 - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Hispanic/Latino 9.0% 8.3% 9.1% 9.0% 10.2% 10.4% 11.0% 10.7% 12.1% 12.2%
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino 71.6% 87.3% 90.7% 90.2% 89.5% 89.1% 88.7% 89.2% 87.9% 87.8%
Unknown 19.4% 4.4% 0.3% 0.8% 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% - -

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

(%) = Percentages are calculated based on totals including missing and unknown cases.

(-) = None in category.

Includes donors of organs recovered for transplant and not used, as well as those transplanted.

Form changes on April 1, 1994 changed the way Cause of Death, Circumstance of Death, and Mechanism of Death were collected.

Not all recovered organs are actually transplanted. Data tables pertaining to the recovery and disposition of organs

are presented in Section 3, Deceased Donor Organ Recovery and Disposition.