Table 2.4

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Liver Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 4,463 4,600 4,843 4,947 4,997 5,106 5,294 5,682 6,320 6,690
White 3,423 3,487 3,711 3,751 3,773 3,726 3,879 4,018 4,395 4,549
African American 534 549 538 548 593 655 669 786 908 1,034
Hispanic/Latino 378 428 463 497 507 574 594 686 817 901
Asian 88 104 93 120 110 130 114 139 153 145
Other/Multi-race 13 14 7 18 12 16 34 36 47 61
Unknown 27 18 31 13 2 5 4 17 - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 76.7% 75.8% 76.6% 75.8% 75.5% 73.0% 73.3% 70.7% 69.5% 68.0%
African American 12.0% 11.9% 11.1% 11.1% 11.9% 12.8% 12.6% 13.8% 14.4% 15.5%
Hispanic/Latino 8.5% 9.3% 9.6% 10.0% 10.1% 11.2% 11.2% 12.1% 12.9% 13.5%
Asian 2.0% 2.3% 1.9% 2.4% 2.2% 2.5% 2.2% 2.4% 2.4% 2.2%
Other/Multi-race 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.3% 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 0.9%
Unknown 0.6% 0.4% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% - -


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.