Table 2.5

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Intestine Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 72 78 95 87 115 112 122 166 184 184
White 55 51 62 62 74 63 79 101 103 100
African American 6 11 20 18 16 28 23 23 38 43
Hispanic/Latino 10 12 12 7 22 19 15 37 38 37
Asian - 3 1 - 2 2 4 3 3 2
Other/Multi-race - - - - 1 - - 2 2 2
Unknown 1 1 - - - - 1 - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 76.4% 65.4% 65.3% 71.3% 64.3% 56.3% 64.8% 60.8% 56.0% 54.3%
African American 8.3% 14.1% 21.1% 20.7% 13.9% 25.0% 18.9% 13.9% 20.7% 23.4%
Hispanic/Latino 13.9% 15.4% 12.6% 8.0% 19.1% 17.0% 12.3% 22.3% 20.7% 20.1%
Asian - 3.8% 1.1% - 1.7% 1.8% 3.3% 1.8% 1.6% 1.1%
Other/Multi-race - - - - 0.9% - - 1.2% 1.1% 1.1%
Unknown 1.4% 1.3% - - - - 0.8% - - -


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.