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Table 2.7

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Lung Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race	Year
Donor Ethnicity/Race	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	777	825	887	920	961	1,064	1,285	1,325	1,382	1,388
White	582	639	642	641	668	692	848	851	846	859
African American	108	105	129	141	132	156	222	235	261	267
Other/Multi-race	2	2	5	4	10	7	12	5	16	9
Asian	18	16	18	12	28	33	26	39	40	32
Hispanic/Latino	66	63	93	122	120	176	177	195	219	221
Unknown	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
White	74.9%	77.5%	72.4%	69.7%	69.5%	65.0%	66.0%	64.2%	61.2%	61.9%
African American	13.9%	12.7%	14.5%	15.3%	13.7%	14.7%	17.3%	17.7%	18.9%	19.2%
Other/Multi-race	0.3%	0.2%	0.6%	0.4%	1.0%	0.7%	0.9%	0.4%	1.2%	0.6%
Asian	2.3%	1.9%	2.0%	1.3%	2.9%	3.1%	2.0%	2.9%	2.9%	2.3%
Hispanic/Latino	8.5%	7.6%	10.5%	13.3%	12.5%	16.5%	13.8%	14.7%	15.8%	15.9%
Unknown	0.1%	-	-	-	0.3%	-	-	-	-	-

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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