Table 2.1

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Deceased Donors of Any Organ

Mechanism 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
Drowning	-	31	47	38	34	63	48	40	56	41
Seizure	-	33	43	41	34	46	32	39	43	37
Drug Intoxication	-	29	45	57	47	70	65	66	84	107
Asphyxiation	-	107	153	156	128	150	153	138	148	141
Cardiovascular	-	123	193	208	234	258	311	334	382	408
Gunshot/Stab	-	658	836	739	695	635	621	612	634	608
Blunt Injury	-	1,147	1,586	1,641	1,684	1,709	1,651	1,762	1,717	1,806
SIDS	-	8	10	5	12	8	3	8	4	6
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke	-	1,497	2,145	2,323	2,393	2,618	2,700	2,796	2,781	2,809
Natural Causes	-	-	-	-	2	3	20	41	62	65
Other	-	287	290	180	194	201	200	149	167	152
Unknown	-	3	15	30	22	33	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%
Drowning	-	0.6%	0.9%	0.7%	0.6%	1.1%	0.8%	0.7%	0.9%	0.7%
Seizure	-	0.6%	0.8%	0.8%	0.6%	0.8%	0.5%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
Drug Intoxication	-	0.6%	0.8%	1.1%	0.9%	1.2%	1.1%	1.1%	1.4%	1.7%
Asphyxiation	-	2.1%	2.9%	2.9%	2.3%	2.6%	2.6%	2.3%	2.4%	2.3%
Cardiovascular	-	2.4%	3.6%	3.8%	4.3%	4.5%	5.3%	5.6%	6.3%	6.6%
Gunshot/Stab	-	12.9%	15.6%	13.6%	12.7%	11.0%	10.7%	10.2%	10.4%	9.8%
Blunt Injury	-	22.5%	29.6%	30.3%	30.7%	29.5%	28.3%	29.4%	28.2%	29.2%
SIDS	-	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke	-	29.4%	40.0%	42.9%	43.7%	45.2%	46.4%	46.7%	45.7%	45.4%
Natural Causes	-	-	-	-	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.7%	1.0%	1.1%
Other	-	5.6%	5.4%	3.3%	3.5%	3.5%	3.4%	2.5%	2.7%	2.5%
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.