Table 2.4

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Liver Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 4,601 4,843 4,947 4,997 5,106 5,294 5,682 6,319 6,691 7,017
White 3,488 3,711 3,751 3,773 3,726 3,879 4,018 4,394 4,550 4,733
African American 549 538 548 593 655 669 786 908 1,034 1,133
Hispanic/Latino 428 463 497 507 574 594 686 817 901 937
Asian 104 93 120 110 130 114 139 153 145 171
Other/Multi-race 14 7 18 12 16 34 36 47 61 43
Unknown 18 31 13 2 5 4 17 - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 75.8% 76.6% 75.8% 75.5% 73.0% 73.3% 70.7% 69.5% 68.0% 67.5%
African American 11.9% 11.1% 11.1% 11.9% 12.8% 12.6% 13.8% 14.4% 15.5% 16.1%
Hispanic/Latino 9.3% 9.6% 10.0% 10.1% 11.2% 11.2% 12.1% 12.9% 13.5% 13.4%
Asian 2.3% 1.9% 2.4% 2.2% 2.5% 2.2% 2.4% 2.4% 2.2% 2.4%
Other/Multi-race 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.3% 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 0.9% 0.6%
Unknown 0.4% 0.6% 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.

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.