Table 2.3

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Pancreas Donors

Mechanism 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
Drowning	-	8	2	5	9	5	10	5	13	9
Seizure	-	8	6	9	8	15	9	11	14	12
Drug Intoxication	-	8	5	7	9	14	13	18	21	27
Asphyxiation	-	23	27	38	32	29	45	39	45	36
Cardiovascular	-	26	28	27	27	44	62	50	62	66
Gunshot/Stab	-	229	302	289	271	258	313	309	327	320
Blunt Injury	-	344	470	492	538	603	627	670	716	792
SIDS	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	1	1	1
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke	-	345	375	381	383	431	494	548	563	545
Natural Causes	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	5	14
Other	-	78	67	33	41	51	45	40	47	48
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%
Drowning	-	0.6%	0.2%	0.4%	0.7%	0.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.7%	0.5%
Seizure	-	0.6%	0.5%	0.7%	0.6%	1.0%	0.6%	0.6%	0.8%	0.6%
Drug Intoxication	-	0.6%	0.4%	0.5%	0.7%	1.0%	0.8%	1.1%	1.2%	1.4%
Asphyxiation	-	1.7%	2.1%	2.9%	2.4%	2.0%	2.8%	2.3%	2.5%	1.9%
Cardiovascular	-	1.9%	2.2%	2.1%	2.0%	3.0%	3.8%	2.9%	3.4%	3.5%
Gunshot/Stab	-	16.8%	23.4%	22.4%	20.5%	17.6%	19.2%	18.2%	18.0%	17.1%
Blunt Injury	-	25.3%	36.5%	38.1%	40.7%	41.2%	38.5%	39.4%	39.5%	42.4%
SIDS	-	-	-	0.1%	-	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke	-	25.4%	29.1%	29.5%	29.0%	29.5%	30.3%	32.2%	31.0%	29.1%
Natural Causes	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2%	0.6%	0.3%	0.7%
Other	-	5.7%	5.2%	2.6%	3.1%	3.5%	2.8%	2.4%	2.6%	2.6%
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.