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Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Heart Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race	Year
Donor Ethnicity/Race	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	2,316	2,284	2,276	2,223	2,120	2,096	2,220	2,276	2,287	2,226
White	1,717	1,714	1,623	1,556	1,479	1,411	1,458	1,462	1,445	1,390
African American	277	244	286	282	266	266	318	353	362	370
Other/Multi-race	7	9	6	18	15	23	29	16	30	14
Asian	41	52	41	26	37	43	29	34	37	42
Hispanic/Latino	264	265	319	340	318	353	386	411	413	410
Unknown	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	74.1%	75.0%	71.3%	70.0%	69.8%	67.3%	65.7%	64.2%	63.2%	62.4%
African American	12.0%	10.7%	12.6%	12.7%	12.5%	12.7%	14.3%	15.5%	15.8%	16.6%
Other/Multi-race	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.8%	0.7%	1.1%	1.3%	0.7%	1.3%	0.6%
Asian	1.8%	2.3%	1.8%	1.2%	1.7%	2.1%	1.3%	1.5%	1.6%	1.9%
Hispanic/Latino	11.4%	11.6%	14.0%	15.3%	15.0%	16.8%	17.4%	18.1%	18.1%	18.4%
Unknown	0.4%	-	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	-	-	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(%) = 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.

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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