Table 2.3

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Pancreas Donors

Cause of Death	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
Anoxia	-	79	78	89	106	103	135	123	155	148
Cerebrovascular/Stroke	-	322	354	355	347	401	442	493	495	478
Head Trauma	-	638	830	811	834	904	988	1,031	1,117	1,193
CNS Tumor	-	10	12	12	12	17	19	17	15	15
Other	-	20	8	15	19	26	39	37	32	36
Unknown	-	-	7	9	4	11	5	-	-	-
Different Coding Pre 4/94	1,243	291	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Anoxia	-	5.8%	6.1%	6.9%	8.0%	7.0%	8.3%	7.2%	8.5%	7.9%
Cerebrovascular/Stroke	-	23.7%	27.5%	27.5%	26.2%	27.4%	27.1%	29.0%	27.3%	25.6%
Head Trauma	-	46.9%	64.4%	62.8%	63.1%	61.8%	60.7%	60.6%	61.6%	63.8%
CNS Tumor	-	0.7%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	1.2%	1.2%	1.0%	0.8%	0.8%
Other	-	1.5%	0.6%	1.2%	1.4%	1.8%	2.4%	2.2%	1.8%	1.9%
Unknown	-	-	0.5%	0.7%	0.3%	0.8%	0.3%	-	-	-
Different Coding Pre 4/94	100.0%	21.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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.