Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 2,426 2,447 2,316 2,284 2,276 2,223 2,120 2,096 2,220 2,275
White 1,812 1,873 1,717 1,714 1,623 1,556 1,479 1,411 1,458 1,462
African American 310 281 277 244 286 282 266 266 318 352
Hispanic/Latino 246 242 264 265 319 340 318 353 386 411
Asian 38 31 41 52 41 26 37 43 29 34
Other/Multi-race 7 4 7 9 6 18 15 23 29 16
Unknown 13 16 10 - 1 1 5 - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 74.7% 76.5% 74.1% 75.0% 71.3% 70.0% 69.8% 67.3% 65.7% 64.3%
African American 12.8% 11.5% 12.0% 10.7% 12.6% 12.7% 12.5% 12.7% 14.3% 15.5%
Hispanic/Latino 10.1% 9.9% 11.4% 11.6% 14.0% 15.3% 15.0% 16.8% 17.4% 18.1%
Asian 1.6% 1.3% 1.8% 2.3% 1.8% 1.2% 1.7% 2.1% 1.3% 1.5%
Other/Multi-race 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.8% 0.7% 1.1% 1.3% 0.7%
Unknown 0.5% 0.7% 0.4% - 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% - - -


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.