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New organ transplant data
Organ procurement and transplant network as of December 2, 2001
Transplants in the U.S. by recipient ethnicity
Hispanic: 1,773
Black: 2,842
White: 10,612
Asian: 503
Other: 310
Kidney transplant 2 year listing and percentage transplanted
Hispanic: 1,090, 26.6%
Black: 2,698, 23.0%
White: 2,887, 38.8%
Asian: 462, 20.4%
Other: 160, 22.5%
Today, African Americans are four times more
likely to develop renal disease than Caucasians. Asian, Pacific Islanders
and Hispanics suffer three times more often
with end stage renal
disease than Whites. Native Americans are
2.3% more likely than Whites to
suffer from diabetes. Some of these diseases are best treated through
transplantation; others can only be treated through transplantation. Successful
transplantation often is enhanced by matching organs between members of the
same ethnic and racial group. For example, any patient is less likely to
reject a kidney if it is donated by a individual who is genetically similar.
Generally, people are genetically more similar to people of their own ethnicity
or race than people of other races.
Note: given the improved anti immune and anti rejection medications that are
being developed, a client can still receive a successful renal transplant
without being genetically related.
Other sources:
www.kidney.org
www.health.gov
www.LifeNet.org
Not only has the number of minority donors increased, but access to
transplantation by all populations has improved. Minority transplants exceeded
18% of the total number of transplants in 1997. The likelihood of finding at
least a suitable match for a Caucasian is 85%. 61% for African American, 66%
for Asian/Pacific Islander, 76% for Hispanic/Latino, 50% for Native American.
Barriers such as the difficulty due to lack
of donor organs, patient and doctor
education, genetic heterogeneity, cultural differences, and financial issues
must be overcome along with fear.
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2006 National Organization For
Renal Disease.
