Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart Recipients

Recipient Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 2,293 2,348 2,188 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,057 2,015 2,125 2,192
White 1,853 1,857 1,702 1,697 1,641 1,619 1,485 1,418 1,487 1,499
African American 261 305 322 293 314 306 337 340 375 411
Hispanic/Latino 135 136 109 147 181 161 172 181 169 198
Asian 39 37 45 48 57 54 48 57 74 68
Other/Multi-race 4 11 10 14 9 15 15 19 20 16
Unknown 1 2 - - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 80.8% 79.1% 77.8% 77.2% 74.5% 75.1% 72.2% 70.4% 70.0% 68.4%
African American 11.4% 13.0% 14.7% 13.3% 14.3% 14.2% 16.4% 16.9% 17.6% 18.8%
Hispanic/Latino 5.9% 5.8% 5.0% 6.7% 8.2% 7.5% 8.4% 9.0% 8.0% 9.0%
Asian 1.7% 1.6% 2.1% 2.2% 2.6% 2.5% 2.3% 2.8% 3.5% 3.1%
Other/Multi-race 0.2% 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 0.4% 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 0.9% 0.7%
Unknown 0.0% 0.1% - - - - - - - -


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than heart-lung, in which a deceased donor heart was one of the organs transplanted.