This article presented data to show that, within the New York Regional Transplant Program, Inc., the Hispanic community has become the strongest donor racial group.

During the three years from 1990 to1992, Hispanics accounted for 43, 56, and 59 solid-organ donors respectively; Caucasians, who have traditionally led donors in the NY/RTP service area, accounted for 60, 57 and 53 donors; and blacks accounted for 38, 40, and 30 donors. The donor rates per million population revealed that the Hispanic population surpassed both the Caucasian and black community in donors during the 1990-1992 period. The rate per million population for Hispanics ranged from 22.38 to 31.05; the rate for the Caucasian population ranged for 11.52 to 13.10; and the rate for the black population ranged from 15.00 to 19.73.

The authors argue that this pattern is at least partially due to utilizing Hispanic requesters (those who ask families to donate the organs of their family members) for the Hispanic population.