Table 2.3

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Pancreas Donors

Donor Ethnicity Year
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 1,243 1,360 1,289 1,291 1,322 1,462 1,628 1,701 1,814 1,870
Hispanic/Latino 73 94 102 90 119 130 173 156 226 230
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino 915 1,218 1,181 1,187 1,200 1,322 1,451 1,545 1,588 1,640
Unknown 255 48 6 14 3 10 4 - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Hispanic/Latino 5.9% 6.9% 7.9% 7.0% 9.0% 8.9% 10.6% 9.2% 12.5% 12.3%
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino 73.6% 89.6% 91.6% 91.9% 90.8% 90.4% 89.1% 90.8% 87.5% 87.7%
Unknown 20.5% 3.5% 0.5% 1.1% 0.2% 0.7% 0.2% - - -

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.