Table 2.3

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Pancreas Donors

Circumstance 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
MVA	-	317	438	429	480	512	541	595	639	681
Suicide	-	148	189	186	174	192	194	207	219	211
Homicide	-	92	127	125	137	112	158	148	174	183
Child Abuse	-	2	-	4	1	1	4	3	6	9
Non-MVA	-	90	95	93	94	135	159	135	149	168
Other	-	420	433	445	432	500	567	613	627	618
Unknown	-	-	7	9	4	10	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%
MVA	-	23.3%	34.0%	33.2%	36.3%	35.0%	33.2%	35.0%	35.2%	36.4%
Suicide	-	10.9%	14.7%	14.4%	13.2%	13.1%	11.9%	12.2%	12.1%	11.3%
Homicide	-	6.8%	9.9%	9.7%	10.4%	7.7%	9.7%	8.7%	9.6%	9.8%
Child Abuse	-	0.1%	-	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%
Non-MVA	-	6.6%	7.4%	7.2%	7.1%	9.2%	9.8%	7.9%	8.2%	9.0%
Other	-	30.9%	33.6%	34.5%	32.7%	34.2%	34.8%	36.0%	34.6%	33.0%
Unknown	-	-	0.5%	0.7%	0.3%	0.7%	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.