TABLE 2.

OPO characteristics by group

Characteristic	Overall(n = 56)	Group A(n = 7)	Group B(n = 13)	Group C(n = 27)	Group D(n = 9)	P
Vital statistics
Total population	5 786 317(495 039)	3 708 165(535 874)	7 655 625(1 324 352)	5 964 312(675 814)	4 168 560(820 220)	0.06
Population/square mile	296.0 (63.6)	91.4 (12.9)	214.3 (100.9)	410.7 (119.0)	229.1 (46.2)	0.34
Deaths/1000 population	8.8 (0.2)	10.2 (0.1)	7.1 (0.2)	8.8 (0.2)	10.0 (0.3)	<0.001
Deaths/1000 square miles	2.5 (0.5)	0.9 (0.1)	1.4 (0.6)	3.4 (0.9)	2.3 (0.5)	0.20
Demographic composition
Male (%)	49.2 (0.1)	48.9 (0.2)	49.8 (0.1)	49.1 (0.1)	49.0 (0.1)	<0.001
Age of population (%)
Under 10	12.5 (0.2)	12.9 (0.2)	13.5 (0.4)	12.3 (0.2)	11.3 (0.2)	<0.001
10–19	13.1 (0.1)	13.3 (0.2)	13.5 (0.3)	12.9 (0.1)	12.9 (0.2)	0.15
20–34	20.5 (0.2)	20.2 (0.2)	21.7 (0.3)	20.3 (0.2)	19.5 (0.2)	<0.001
35–44	12.5 (0.1)	12.4 (0.1)	13.1 (0.2)	12.5 (0.1)	11.5 (0.1)	<0.001
45–54	13.4 (0.1)	13.1 (0.2)	12.8 (0.2)	13.5 (0.1)	13.8 (0.1)	0.001
55–64	12.9 (0.1)	12.8 (0.1)	12.0 (0.3)	12.9 (0.1)	14.1 (0.2)	<0.001
65–74	8.8 (0.1)	9.0 (0.2)	7.8 (0.3)	8.9 (0.2)	9.4 (0.2)	<0.001
75–84	4.5 (0.1)	4.6 (0.1)	3.9 (0.2)	4.6 (0.1)	5.0 (0.1)	<0.001
Over 85	2.0 (0.1)	1.7 (0.1)	1.7 (0.1)	2.0 (0.1)	2.4 (0.1)	<0.001
Race/ethnicity (%)
White	65.6 (2.1)	68.5 (4.8)	58.3 (5.2)	63.8 (2.8)	80.2 (1.8)	0.007
Black	12.6 (1.3)	20.8 (5.6)	6.5 (1.9)	14.4 (1.6)	9.7 (1.1)	0.003
Asian	2.0 (0.1)	1.7 (0.1)	1.7 (0.1)	2.0 (0.1)	2.4 (0.1)	<0.001
Hispanic	14.4 (1.8)	5.4 (1.0)	24.7 (4.3)	14.7 (2.3)	5.3 (1.3)	<0.001
Other	5.4 (0.2)	2.1 (1.0)	7.3 (0.3)	5.1 (0.3)	2.4 (0.1)	0.40

Values are presented as the mean with standard errors in parentheses. P are from a 1-way ANOVA.

ANOVA, analysis of variance; OPO, organ procurement organization.