Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Kidney Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 5,003 5,038 5,084 5,339 5,386 5,489 5,528 5,638 5,754 6,327
White 3,894 3,881 3,874 4,074 4,077 4,170 4,092 4,116 4,082 4,456
African American 562 600 603 592 569 610 635 698 740 825
Hispanic/Latino 429 412 458 519 565 559 637 662 738 844
Asian 79 96 111 110 136 132 143 120 144 153
Other/Multi-race 24 16 16 9 21 16 17 38 33 49
Unknown 15 33 22 35 18 2 4 4 17 -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 77.8% 77.0% 76.2% 76.3% 75.7% 76.0% 74.0% 73.0% 70.9% 70.4%
African American 11.2% 11.9% 11.9% 11.1% 10.6% 11.1% 11.5% 12.4% 12.9% 13.0%
Hispanic/Latino 8.6% 8.2% 9.0% 9.7% 10.5% 10.2% 11.5% 11.7% 12.8% 13.3%
Asian 1.6% 1.9% 2.2% 2.1% 2.5% 2.4% 2.6% 2.1% 2.5% 2.4%
Other/Multi-race 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.7% 0.6% 0.8%
Unknown 0.3% 0.7% 0.4% 0.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

(%) = 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 organsare presented in Section 3, Deceased Donor Organ Recovery and Disposition.