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Table 2.6
Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1992 to 2001
Heart Donors

Donor Ethnicity Year
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total 2,246 2,442 2,525 2,490 2,462 2,426 2,449 2,315 2,284 2,275
Hispanic/Latino 213 257 225 248 268 263 251 276 273 328
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino 1,399 1,801 2,220 2,239 2,171 2,141 2,177 1,988 1,996 1,947
Unknown 634 384 80 3 23 22 21 51 15 -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Hispanic/Latino 9.5% 10.5% 8.9% 10.0% 10.9% 10.8% 10.2% 11.9% 12.0% 14.4%
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino 62.3% 73.8% 87.9% 89.9% 88.2% 88.3% 88.9% 85.9% 87.4% 85.6%
Unknown 28.2% 15.7% 3.2% 0.1% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 2.2% 0.7% -

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2002.
(%) = 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.

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