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Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2013 Feb;41(2):496–505. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318271198c

Table 6.

Estimates of increased number of transplantable organs if consent rates in eligible deaths 55–64 and ≥65 similar to consent rates in patients ages 18–39, and consent rates in racial/ethnic minorities similar to whites^*

Category of potential donors	Additional number of consented eligible deaths	Increased number of transplantable organs
Category of potential donors	Additional number of consented eligible deaths	Kidney	Liver	Lung	Heart	Total
Potential donors 55–64	409	487	270	74	20	851
Potential donors ≥65	276	173	193	3	0.4	369
Black potential donors	1637	2169	1332	709	508	4719
Hispanic potential donors	630	982	461	267	235	1945
Asian potential donors	318	457	236	118	66	878
Potential donors of other races	123	191	92	46	30	358

Estimates obtained based on data from GEE model