Table 2.4

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Liver Donors

Circumstance of Death	Year
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	3,764	4,093	4,336	4,463	4,599	4,844	4,945	4,995	5,107	5,292
MVA	-	864	1,172	1,129	1,225	1,231	1,173	1,260	1,212	1,310
Suicide	-	372	440	425	415	430	394	398	390	394
Homicide	-	251	329	311	305	262	283	280	308	330
Child Abuse	-	45	37	41	49	43	39	49	63	47
Non-MVA	-	256	307	398	440	452	473	380	436	421
Other	-	1,381	2,037	2,134	2,148	2,399	2,568	2,627	2,695	2,788
Unknown	-	4	14	25	17	27	15	1	3	2
Different Coding Pre 4/94	3,764	920	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
MVA	-	21.1%	27.0%	25.3%	26.6%	25.4%	23.7%	25.2%	23.7%	24.8%
Suicide	-	9.1%	10.1%	9.5%	9.0%	8.9%	8.0%	8.0%	7.6%	7.4%
Homicide	-	6.1%	7.6%	7.0%	6.6%	5.4%	5.7%	5.6%	6.0%	6.2%
Child Abuse	-	1.1%	0.9%	0.9%	1.1%	0.9%	0.8%	1.0%	1.2%	0.9%
Non-MVA	-	6.3%	7.1%	8.9%	9.6%	9.3%	9.6%	7.6%	8.5%	8.0%
Other	-	33.7%	47.0%	47.8%	46.7%	49.5%	51.9%	52.6%	52.8%	52.7%
Unknown	-	0.1%	0.3%	0.6%	0.4%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
Different Coding Pre 4/94	100.0%	22.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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.