Table 2.4

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Liver Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 4,336 4,463 4,600 4,843 4,947 4,997 5,106 5,294 5,682 6,321
White 3,347 3,423 3,487 3,711 3,751 3,773 3,726 3,879 4,018 4,396
African American 501 534 549 538 548 593 655 669 786 909
Hispanic/Latino 382 378 428 463 497 507 574 594 685 816
Asian 73 88 104 93 120 110 130 114 139 153
Other/Multi-race 19 13 14 7 18 12 16 34 36 47
Unknown 14 27 18 31 13 2 5 4 18 -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 77.2% 76.7% 75.8% 76.6% 75.8% 75.5% 73.0% 73.3% 70.7% 69.5%
African American 11.6% 12.0% 11.9% 11.1% 11.1% 11.9% 12.8% 12.6% 13.8% 14.4%
Hispanic/Latino 8.8% 8.5% 9.3% 9.6% 10.0% 10.1% 11.2% 11.2% 12.1% 12.9%
Asian 1.7% 2.0% 2.3% 1.9% 2.4% 2.2% 2.5% 2.2% 2.4% 2.4%
Other/Multi-race 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.3% 0.6% 0.6% 0.7%
Unknown 0.3% 0.6% 0.4% 0.6% 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.