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Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Heart Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 2,447 2,316 2,284 2,276 2,223 2,120 2,096 2,220 2,276 2,289
White 1,873 1,717 1,714 1,623 1,556 1,479 1,411 1,458 1,462 1,446
African American 281 277 244 286 282 266 266 318 353 363
Other/Multi-race 4 7 9 6 18 15 23 29 16 30
Asian 31 41 52 41 26 37 43 29 34 37
Hispanic/Latino 242 264 265 319 340 318 353 386 411 413
Unknown 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 76.5% 74.1% 75.0% 71.3% 70.0% 69.8% 67.3% 65.7% 64.2% 63.2%
African American 11.5% 12.0% 10.7% 12.6% 12.7% 12.5% 12.7% 14.3% 15.5% 15.9%
Other/Multi-race 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.8% 0.7% 1.1% 1.3% 0.7% 1.3%
Asian 1.3% 1.8% 2.3% 1.8% 1.2% 1.7% 2.1% 1.3% 1.5% 1.6%
Hispanic/Latino 9.9% 11.4% 11.6% 14.0% 15.3% 15.0% 16.8% 17.4% 18.1% 18.0%
Unknown 0.7% 0.4% - 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% - - - -


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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