Table 2.5

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1994 to 2003

Intestine Donors

Donor Race	Year
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	62	122	48	72	78	96	87	115	112	122
White	55	108	41	66	63	75	69	96	82	94
African American	7	12	7	6	11	20	18	16	28	23
Asian	-	1	-	-	3	1	-	1	1	2
Other/Multi-race	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	2
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
White	88.7%	88.5%	85.4%	91.7%	80.8%	78.1%	79.3%	83.5%	73.2%	77.0%
African American	11.3%	9.8%	14.6%	8.3%	14.1%	20.8%	20.7%	13.9%	25.0%	18.9%
Asian	-	0.8%	-	-	3.8%	1.0%	-	0.9%	0.9%	1.6%
Other/Multi-race	-	0.8%	-	-	1.3%	-	-	1.7%	0.9%	1.6%
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8%

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.