Table 2.3

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Pancreas Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 1,292 1,322 1,462 1,628 1,700 1,816 1,872 1,770 2,010 2,033
White 1,028 1,012 1,154 1,251 1,324 1,339 1,398 1,304 1,441 1,413
African American 149 169 146 170 186 210 212 205 257 308
Hispanic/Latino 83 111 125 171 154 221 227 212 260 261
Asian 20 18 25 26 25 37 23 28 35 33
Other/Multi-race 3 7 - 6 11 9 11 19 17 18
Unknown 9 5 12 4 - - 1 2 - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 79.6% 76.6% 78.9% 76.8% 77.9% 73.7% 74.7% 73.7% 71.7% 69.5%
African American 11.5% 12.8% 10.0% 10.4% 10.9% 11.6% 11.3% 11.6% 12.8% 15.2%
Hispanic/Latino 6.4% 8.4% 8.5% 10.5% 9.1% 12.2% 12.1% 12.0% 12.9% 12.8%
Asian 1.5% 1.4% 1.7% 1.6% 1.5% 2.0% 1.2% 1.6% 1.7% 1.6%
Other/Multi-race 0.2% 0.5% - 0.4% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 1.1% 0.8% 0.9%
Unknown 0.7% 0.4% 0.8% 0.2% - - 0.1% 0.1% - -


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

(%) = 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.