Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Heart Donors

Donor Race	Year
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	2,442	2,525	2,491	2,462	2,426	2,449	2,315	2,283	2,275	2,221
White	2,107	2,171	2,140	2,116	2,065	2,125	1,982	1,973	1,940	1,886
African American	298	303	292	297	311	284	277	244	286	282
Asian	22	37	34	28	34	26	37	44	33	23
Other/Multi-race	9	13	24	18	11	11	12	21	15	25
Unknown	6	1	1	3	5	3	7	1	1	5
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
White	86.3%	86.0%	85.9%	85.9%	85.1%	86.8%	85.6%	86.4%	85.3%	84.9%
African American	12.2%	12.0%	11.7%	12.1%	12.8%	11.6%	12.0%	10.7%	12.6%	12.7%
Asian	0.9%	1.5%	1.4%	1.1%	1.4%	1.1%	1.6%	1.9%	1.5%	1.0%
Other/Multi-race	0.4%	0.5%	1.0%	0.7%	0.5%	0.4%	0.5%	0.9%	0.7%	1.1%
Unknown	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	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.