Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Kidney Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 5,084 5,339 5,386 5,489 5,528 5,638 5,753 6,325 6,700 7,180
White 3,874 4,074 4,077 4,170 4,092 4,116 4,081 4,455 4,631 4,919
African American 603 592 569 610 635 698 740 824 938 1,041
Hispanic/Latino 458 519 565 559 637 662 738 844 924 996
Asian 111 110 136 132 143 120 144 153 141 177
Other/Multi-race 16 9 21 16 17 38 34 49 66 47
Unknown 22 35 18 2 4 4 16 - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 76.2% 76.3% 75.7% 76.0% 74.0% 73.0% 70.9% 70.4% 69.1% 68.5%
African American 11.9% 11.1% 10.6% 11.1% 11.5% 12.4% 12.9% 13.0% 14.0% 14.5%
Hispanic/Latino 9.0% 9.7% 10.5% 10.2% 11.5% 11.7% 12.8% 13.3% 13.8% 13.9%
Asian 2.2% 2.1% 2.5% 2.4% 2.6% 2.1% 2.5% 2.4% 2.1% 2.5%
Other/Multi-race 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 0.7%
Unknown 0.4% 0.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% - - -


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

(%) = 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.

Donors are divided into four mutually exclusive and complete categories. All donors meeting the criteria for Expanded

Criteria Donors for Kidney are classified as ECD, regardless of whether the kidneys were allocated under the ECD system, falling into either the ECD or the ECD-DCD category. Non-ECDs include all other donors, including SCDs and "DCD non-ECDs".

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.