Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Kidney Donors

Mechanism 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
Drowning	-	29	43	36	34	53	42	37	53	36
Seizure	-	30	37	34	31	41	28	35	35	31
Drug Intoxication	-	27	36	44	39	57	52	47	65	80
Asphyxiation	-	95	132	137	108	125	139	118	127	123
Cardiovascular	-	116	168	182	203	219	275	275	330	352
Gunshot/Stab	-	633	803	701	665	609	593	587	599	573
Blunt Injury	-	1,083	1,522	1,573	1,618	1,643	1,580	1,688	1,644	1,735
SIDS	-	3	3	1	5	5	3	2	2	1
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke	-	1,407	1,991	2,142	2,190	2,385	2,467	2,534	2,476	2,497
Natural Causes	-	-	-	-	2	3	19	34	50	62
Other	-	265	253	158	167	167	168	132	144	138
Unknown	-	3	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%
Drowning	-	0.6%	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%	1.0%	0.8%	0.7%	1.0%	0.6%
Seizure	-	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
Drug Intoxication	-	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%	0.8%	1.1%	1.0%	0.9%	1.2%	1.4%
Asphyxiation	-	2.0%	2.6%	2.7%	2.1%	2.3%	2.6%	2.1%	2.3%	2.2%
Cardiovascular	-	2.4%	3.4%	3.6%	4.0%	4.1%	5.1%	5.0%	6.0%	6.3%
Gunshot/Stab	-	13.2%	16.1%	13.9%	13.1%	11.4%	11.0%	10.7%	10.8%	10.2%
Blunt Injury	-	22.6%	30.4%	31.2%	31.8%	30.8%	29.3%	30.7%	29.7%	30.8%
SIDS	-	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke	-	29.3%	39.8%	42.5%	43.1%	44.7%	45.8%	46.2%	44.8%	44.4%
Natural Causes	-	-	-	-	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%	0.6%	0.9%	1.1%
Other	-	5.5%	5.1%	3.1%	3.3%	3.1%	3.1%	2.4%	2.6%	2.5%
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.