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Table 2.6
Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1992 to 2001
Heart Donors

Donor Race 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
White 1,959 2,107 2,171 2,139 2,116 2,066 2,124 1,974 1,962 1,941
African American 244 298 303 292 297 311 284 277 244 285
Asian 21 22 37 34 28 34 26 36 42 33
Other/Multi-race 10 9 13 24 18 10 11 12 21 15
Unknown 12 6 1 1 3 5 4 16 15 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 87.2% 86.3% 86.0% 85.9% 85.9% 85.2% 86.7% 85.3% 85.9% 85.3%
African American 10.9% 12.2% 12.0% 11.7% 12.1% 12.8% 11.6% 12.0% 10.7% 12.5%
Asian 0.9% 0.9% 1.5% 1.4% 1.1% 1.4% 1.1% 1.6% 1.8% 1.5%
Other/Multi-race 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 1.0% 0.7% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.9% 0.7%
Unknown 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%

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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