Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Recipient Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 4,020 4,100 4,424 4,498 4,595 4,671 4,969 5,351 5,845 6,120
White 3,060 3,131 3,310 3,415 3,400 3,440 3,576 3,878 4,201 4,395
African American 364 351 410 394 415 417 478 520 587 594
Hispanic/Latino 419 432 503 484 593 598 645 674 727 794
Asian 139 162 176 173 151 191 238 224 283 275
Other/Multi-race 37 24 25 32 36 25 32 55 47 62
Unknown 1 - - - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 76.1% 76.4% 74.8% 75.9% 74.0% 73.6% 72.0% 72.5% 71.9% 71.8%
African American 9.1% 8.6% 9.3% 8.8% 9.0% 8.9% 9.6% 9.7% 10.0% 9.7%
Hispanic/Latino 10.4% 10.5% 11.4% 10.8% 12.9% 12.8% 13.0% 12.6% 12.4% 13.0%
Asian 3.5% 4.0% 4.0% 3.8% 3.3% 4.1% 4.8% 4.2% 4.8% 4.5%
Other/Multi-race 0.9% 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.5% 0.6% 1.0% 0.8% 1.0%
Unknown 0.0% - - - - - - - - -


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a deceased donor liver was one of the organs transplanted.