Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1994 to 2003

Kidney Donors

Donor Ethnicity	Year
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	4,797	5,003	5,038	5,083	5,338	5,386	5,489	5,528	5,636	5,754
Hispanic/Latino	387	445	438	496	547	589	579	658	681	771
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	4,206	4,544	4,557	4,571	4,760	4,785	4,909	4,870	4,955	4,983
Unknown	204	14	43	16	31	12	1	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Hispanic/Latino	8.1%	8.9%	8.7%	9.8%	10.2%	10.9%	10.5%	11.9%	12.1%	13.4%
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino	87.7%	90.8%	90.5%	89.9%	89.2%	88.8%	89.4%	88.1%	87.9%	86.6%
Unknown	4.3%	0.3%	0.9%	0.3%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

(%) = 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.