Table 2.1

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Deceased Donors of Any Organ

Cause of Death Year
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 4,861 5,099 5,363 5,418 5,479 5,794 5,824 5,986 6,081 6,182
Anoxia - 360 527 526 562 639 640 620 696 740
Cerebrovascular/Stroke - 1,417 2,052 2,270 2,236 2,478 2,506 2,614 2,630 2,623
Head Trauma - 2,019 2,618 2,456 2,487 2,497 2,426 2,522 2,548 2,612
CNS Tumor - 42 53 50 63 57 61 62 52 55
Other - 81 98 86 109 88 171 167 152 150
Unknown - 4 15 30 22 35 20 1 3 2
Different Coding Pre 4/94 4,861 1,176 - - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Anoxia - 7.1% 9.8% 9.7% 10.3% 11.0% 11.0% 10.4% 11.4% 12.0%
Cerebrovascular/Stroke - 27.8% 38.3% 41.9% 40.8% 42.8% 43.0% 43.7% 43.2% 42.4%
Head Trauma - 39.6% 48.8% 45.3% 45.4% 43.1% 41.7% 42.1% 41.9% 42.3%
CNS Tumor - 0.8% 1.0% 0.9% 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9%
Other - 1.6% 1.8% 1.6% 2.0% 1.5% 2.9% 2.8% 2.5% 2.4%
Unknown - 0.1% 0.3% 0.6% 0.4% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Different Coding Pre 4/94 100.0% 23.1% - - - - - - - -

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

(%) = Percentages are calculated based on totals including missing and unknown cases.

(-) = None in category.

Includes donors of organs recovered for transplant and not used, as well as those transplanted.

Form changes on April 1, 1994 changed the way Cause of Death, Circumstance of Death, and Mechanism of Death were collected.

Not all recovered organs are actually transplanted. Data tables pertaining to the recovery and disposition of organs

are presented in Section 3, Deceased Donor Organ Recovery and Disposition.