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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2014 Jul 24;371(4):339–348. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1311707

Table 1.

Likelihood of Identifying HLA-Matched Adult Donors and Cord-Blood Units.

U.S. Racial and Ethnic Group Likelihood of Identifying
an Adult Donor*
Likelihood of Identifying
a Cord-Blood Unit
for Patients ≥20 Yr of Age
Likelihood of Identifying
a Cord-Blood Unit
for Patients <20 Yr of Age



8/8 HLA
Match
≥7/8 HLA
Match
6/6 HLA
Match
≥5/6 HLA
Match
≥4/6 HLA
Match
6/6 HLA
Match
≥5/6 HLA
Match
≥4/6 HLA
Match
percent
White European 75 97 17 66 96 38 87 99
Middle Eastern or North African 46 90 6 46 91 18 75 98
African American 19 76 2 24 81 6 58 95
African 18 71 1 23 81 5 56 95
Black South or Central American 16 66 2 27 82 7 58 96
Black Caribbean 19 74 1 24 81 6 58 95
Chinese 41 88 6 44 91 19 77 98
Korean 40 87 5 39 89 17 73 98
South Asian 33 84 4 41 90 14 73 98
Japanese 37 87 4 37 88 16 72 97
Filipino 40 83 5 42 89 19 76 98
Southeast Asian 27 76 3 37 89 12 70 98
Vietnamese 42 84 6 44 89 20 76 98
Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 27 72 3 32 84 10 64 96
Mexican 37 87 6 45 91 19 75 98
Hispanic South or Central American 34 80 5 43 90 17 73 98
Hispanic Caribbean 40 83 5 40 89 17 71 98
Native North American 52 91 10 54 93 25 80 99
Native South or Central American 49 87 11 53 93 26 79 98
Native Caribbean 32 77 4 35 86 14 66 97
Native Alaskan 36 83 7 47 91 18 75 98
*

Data are the probabilities of identifying an adult donor who is available.

Data are the probabilities of identifying a unit with an adequate cell dose.