Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Kidney Donors

Circumstance of Death	Year
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	4,609	4,797	5,003	5,038	5,083	5,338	5,386	5,490	5,528	5,630
MVA	-	1,000	1,361	1,295	1,344	1,351	1,299	1,398	1,328	1,422
Suicide	-	407	522	462	441	454	428	433	416	413
Homicide	-	283	356	359	325	301	293	312	344	339
Child Abuse	-	32	32	32	42	35	33	40	52	36
Non-MVA	-	294	357	456	496	526	515	418	490	471
Other	-	1,670	2,360	2,404	2,414	2,640	2,798	2,888	2,895	2,947
Unknown	-	5	15	30	21	31	20	1	3	2
Different Coding Pre 4/94	4,609	1,106	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
MVA	-	20.8%	27.2%	25.7%	26.4%	25.3%	24.1%	25.5%	24.0%	25.3%
Suicide	-	8.5%	10.4%	9.2%	8.7%	8.5%	7.9%	7.9%	7.5%	7.3%
Homicide	-	5.9%	7.1%	7.1%	6.4%	5.6%	5.4%	5.7%	6.2%	6.0%
Child Abuse	-	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%	0.6%
Non-MVA	-	6.1%	7.1%	9.1%	9.8%	9.9%	9.6%	7.6%	8.9%	8.4%
Other	-	34.8%	47.2%	47.7%	47.5%	49.5%	51.9%	52.6%	52.4%	52.3%
Unknown	-	0.1%	0.3%	0.6%	0.4%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	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.