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Table 2.3

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Pancreas Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 1,462 1,628 1,698 1,817 1,873 1,770 2,019 2,043 2,031 1,927
White 1,154 1,251 1,322 1,340 1,398 1,304 1,447 1,415 1,403 1,286
African American 146 170 186 210 213 205 258 313 315 307
Other/Multi-race - 6 11 9 11 19 17 18 15 22
Asian 25 26 25 37 23 28 35 34 35 30
Hispanic/Latino 125 171 154 221 227 212 262 263 263 282
Unknown 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 78.9% 76.8% 77.9% 73.7% 74.6% 73.7% 71.7% 69.3% 69.1% 66.7%
African American 10.0% 10.4% 11.0% 11.6% 11.4% 11.6% 12.8% 15.3% 15.5% 15.9%
Other/Multi-race - 0.4% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 1.1% 0.8% 0.9% 0.7% 1.1%
Asian 1.7% 1.6% 1.5% 2.0% 1.2% 1.6% 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 1.6%
Hispanic/Latino 8.5% 10.5% 9.1% 12.2% 12.1% 12.0% 13.0% 12.9% 12.9% 14.6%
Unknown 0.8% 0.2% - - 0.1% 0.1% - - - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

(%) = 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 organs are presented in Section 3, Deceased Donor Organ Recovery and Disposition.



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