Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Kidney Donors

Donation After Cardiac 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
Yes	42	56	64	69	77	74	87	113	161	185
No	109	3,779	4,922	4,906	4,961	5,221	5,259	5,358	5,360	5,440
Unknown	4,458	962	17	63	45	43	40	19	7	5
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Yes	0.9%	1.2%	1.3%	1.4%	1.5%	1.4%	1.6%	2.1%	2.9%	3.3%
No	2.4%	78.8%	98.4%	97.4%	97.6%	97.8%	97.6%	97.6%	97.0%	96.6%
Unknown	96.7%	20.1%	0.3%	1.3%	0.9%	0.8%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	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.