Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Heart Recipients

Recipient Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 2,343 2,293 2,348 2,188 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,057 2,016 2,126
White 1,871 1,853 1,857 1,702 1,697 1,641 1,619 1,485 1,419 1,488
African American 311 261 305 322 293 314 306 337 340 375
Hispanic/Latino 113 135 136 109 147 181 161 172 181 169
Asian 42 39 37 45 48 57 54 48 57 74
Other/Multi-race 6 4 11 10 14 9 15 15 19 20
Unknown - 1 2 - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 79.9% 80.8% 79.1% 77.8% 77.2% 74.5% 75.1% 72.2% 70.4% 70.0%
African American 13.3% 11.4% 13.0% 14.7% 13.3% 14.3% 14.2% 16.4% 16.9% 17.6%
Hispanic/Latino 4.8% 5.9% 5.8% 5.0% 6.7% 8.2% 7.5% 8.4% 9.0% 7.9%
Asian 1.8% 1.7% 1.6% 2.1% 2.2% 2.6% 2.5% 2.3% 2.8% 3.5%
Other/Multi-race 0.3% 0.2% 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 0.4% 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 0.9%
Unknown - 0.0% 0.1% - - - - - - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than heart-lung, in which a deceased donor heart was one of the organs transplanted.