Table 2.1

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Deceased Donors of Any Organ

Donation After Cardiac 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
Yes 42 57 64 71 78 75 87 119 169 191
No 112 4,016 5,282 5,281 5,352 5,666 5,692 5,846 5,902 5,984
Unknown 4,707 1,026 17 66 49 53 45 21 10 7
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Yes 0.9% 1.1% 1.2% 1.3% 1.4% 1.3% 1.5% 2.0% 2.8% 3.1%
No 2.3% 78.8% 98.5% 97.5% 97.7% 97.8% 97.7% 97.7% 97.1% 96.8%
Unknown 96.8% 20.1% 0.3% 1.2% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1%

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.