Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Heart Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 2,491 2,462 2,426 2,448 2,316 2,283 2,276 2,223 2,120 2,096
White 1,904 1,847 1,812 1,874 1,717 1,713 1,623 1,556 1,479 1,411
African American 292 297 310 281 277 244 286 282 266 266
Hispanic/Latino 240 255 246 242 264 265 319 340 318 353
Asian 38 38 38 31 41 52 41 26 37 43
Other/Multi-race 14 8 7 4 7 9 6 18 15 23
Unknown 3 17 13 16 10 - 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 76.4% 75.0% 74.7% 76.6% 74.1% 75.0% 71.3% 70.0% 69.8% 67.3%
African American 11.7% 12.1% 12.8% 11.5% 12.0% 10.7% 12.6% 12.7% 12.5% 12.7%
Hispanic/Latino 9.6% 10.4% 10.1% 9.9% 11.4% 11.6% 14.0% 15.3% 15.0% 16.8%
Asian 1.5% 1.5% 1.6% 1.3% 1.8% 2.3% 1.8% 1.2% 1.7% 2.1%
Other/Multi-race 0.6% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.8% 0.7% 1.1%
Unknown 0.1% 0.7% 0.5% 0.7% 0.4% - 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% -


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.