Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Recipient Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 4,102 4,424 4,498 4,595 4,671 4,969 5,351 5,846 6,120 6,362
White 3,132 3,310 3,415 3,400 3,440 3,576 3,877 4,201 4,397 4,468
African American 351 410 394 415 417 478 520 587 594 701
Hispanic/Latino 432 503 484 593 598 645 676 728 792 867
Asian 163 176 173 151 191 238 223 283 275 277
Other/Multi-race 24 25 32 36 25 32 55 47 62 49
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 76.4% 74.8% 75.9% 74.0% 73.6% 72.0% 72.5% 71.9% 71.8% 70.2%
African American 8.6% 9.3% 8.8% 9.0% 8.9% 9.6% 9.7% 10.0% 9.7% 11.0%
Hispanic/Latino 10.5% 11.4% 10.8% 12.9% 12.8% 13.0% 12.6% 12.5% 12.9% 13.6%
Asian 4.0% 4.0% 3.8% 3.3% 4.1% 4.8% 4.2% 4.8% 4.5% 4.4%
Other/Multi-race 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.5% 0.6% 1.0% 0.8% 1.0% 0.8%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(-) = None in category.

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