Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Heart Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 2,462 2,426 2,447 2,316 2,284 2,276 2,223 2,120 2,096 2,220
White 1,847 1,812 1,873 1,717 1,714 1,623 1,556 1,479 1,411 1,458
African American 297 310 281 277 244 286 282 266 266 318
Hispanic/Latino 255 246 242 264 265 319 340 318 353 386
Asian 38 38 31 41 52 41 26 37 43 29
Other/Multi-race 8 7 4 7 9 6 18 15 23 29
Unknown 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 75.0% 74.7% 76.5% 74.1% 75.0% 71.3% 70.0% 69.8% 67.3% 65.7%
African American 12.1% 12.8% 11.5% 12.0% 10.7% 12.6% 12.7% 12.5% 12.7% 14.3%
Hispanic/Latino 10.4% 10.1% 9.9% 11.4% 11.6% 14.0% 15.3% 15.0% 16.8% 17.4%
Asian 1.5% 1.6% 1.3% 1.8% 2.3% 1.8% 1.2% 1.7% 2.1% 1.3%
Other/Multi-race 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.8% 0.7% 1.1% 1.3%
Unknown 0.7% 0.5% 0.7% 0.4% - 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% - -


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.