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Table 9.4c

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Recipient Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 4,595 4,671 4,969 5,351 5,848 6,121 6,363 6,228 6,070 6,101
White 3,400 3,439 3,576 3,876 4,201 4,376 4,441 4,360 4,223 4,224
African American 415 416 478 520 585 597 700 620 626 664
Other/Multi-race 36 25 32 55 46 64 65 50 70 63
Asian 151 191 238 223 284 274 278 329 301 318
Hispanic/Latino 593 600 645 677 732 810 879 869 850 832
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 74.0% 73.6% 72.0% 72.4% 71.8% 71.5% 69.8% 70.0% 69.6% 69.2%
African American 9.0% 8.9% 9.6% 9.7% 10.0% 9.8% 11.0% 10.0% 10.3% 10.9%
Other/Multi-race 0.8% 0.5% 0.6% 1.0% 0.8% 1.0% 1.0% 0.8% 1.2% 1.0%
Asian 3.3% 4.1% 4.8% 4.2% 4.9% 4.5% 4.4% 5.3% 5.0% 5.2%
Hispanic/Latino 12.9% 12.8% 13.0% 12.7% 12.5% 13.2% 13.8% 14.0% 14.0% 13.6%


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a deceased donor liver was one of

the organs transplanted.