Table 2.3

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Pancreas Donors

Donor Age	Year
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	1,243	1,360	1,289	1,291	1,322	1,462	1,628	1,701	1,814	1,870
<1 Year	3	3	1	3	2	7	5	7	12	15
1-5 Years	14	16	5	8	7	5	15	7	17	10
6-10 Years	21	31	27	18	25	32	40	40	43	31
11-17 Years	223	246	282	271	273	274	295	313	304	311
18-34 Years	550	559	580	573	608	690	697	781	839	929
35-49 Years	277	339	297	337	333	376	481	458	490	458
50-64 Years	138	149	92	80	71	78	93	93	106	114
65+ Years	17	17	5	1	3	-	2	2	3	2
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
<1 Year	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%	0.4%	0.7%	0.8%
1-5 Years	1.1%	1.2%	0.4%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.9%	0.4%	0.9%	0.5%
6-10 Years	1.7%	2.3%	2.1%	1.4%	1.9%	2.2%	2.5%	2.4%	2.4%	1.7%
11-17 Years	17.9%	18.1%	21.9%	21.0%	20.7%	18.7%	18.1%	18.4%	16.8%	16.6%
18-34 Years	44.2%	41.1%	45.0%	44.4%	46.0%	47.2%	42.8%	45.9%	46.3%	49.7%
35-49 Years	22.3%	24.9%	23.0%	26.1%	25.2%	25.7%	29.5%	26.9%	27.0%	24.5%
50-64 Years	11.1%	11.0%	7.1%	6.2%	5.4%	5.3%	5.7%	5.5%	5.8%	6.1%
65+ Years	1.4%	1.3%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%	-	0.1%	0.1%	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.