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Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Kidney Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 5,489 5,528 5,638 5,753 6,325 6,700 7,178 7,241 7,188 7,248
White 4,170 4,092 4,116 4,081 4,455 4,630 4,916 4,923 4,888 4,918
African American 610 635 698 740 824 938 1,042 1,044 1,068 1,108
Other/Multi-race 16 17 38 34 49 66 47 67 42 40
Asian 132 143 120 144 153 141 177 175 185 184
Hispanic/Latino 559 637 662 738 844 925 996 1,032 1,005 998
Unknown 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 76.0% 74.0% 73.0% 70.9% 70.4% 69.1% 68.5% 68.0% 68.0% 67.9%
African American 11.1% 11.5% 12.4% 12.9% 13.0% 14.0% 14.5% 14.4% 14.9% 15.3%
Other/Multi-race 0.3% 0.3% 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 0.7% 0.9% 0.6% 0.6%
Asian 2.4% 2.6% 2.1% 2.5% 2.4% 2.1% 2.5% 2.4% 2.6% 2.5%
Hispanic/Latino 10.2% 11.5% 11.7% 12.8% 13.3% 13.8% 13.9% 14.3% 14.0% 13.8%
Unknown 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% - - - - - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(%) = 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.

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.