Table 2.4

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Liver Donors

Mechanism 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
Drowning	-	23	40	30	31	53	42	34	46	33
Seizure	-	26	29	31	26	36	20	33	37	30
Drug Intoxication	-	18	22	38	34	47	44	45	55	80
Asphyxiation	-	84	117	126	104	120	116	105	108	109
Cardiovascular	-	74	130	151	173	198	246	241	292	318
Gunshot/Stab	-	582	719	646	626	566	562	543	570	554
Blunt Injury	-	952	1,305	1,362	1,471	1,476	1,448	1,517	1,478	1,589
SIDS	-	6	4	5	6	4	3	8	2	5
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke	-	1,175	1,731	1,907	1,958	2,160	2,275	2,311	2,327	2,395
Natural Causes	-	-	-	-	1	2	17	35	53	53
Other	-	230	225	142	152	155	157	122	136	124
Unknown	-	3	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%
Drowning	-	0.6%	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%	1.1%	0.8%	0.7%	0.9%	0.6%
Seizure	-	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0.4%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
Drug Intoxication	-	0.4%	0.5%	0.9%	0.7%	1.0%	0.9%	0.9%	1.1%	1.5%
Asphyxiation	-	2.1%	2.7%	2.8%	2.3%	2.5%	2.3%	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%
Cardiovascular	-	1.8%	3.0%	3.4%	3.8%	4.1%	5.0%	4.8%	5.7%	6.0%
Gunshot/Stab	-	14.2%	16.6%	14.5%	13.6%	11.7%	11.4%	10.9%	11.2%	10.5%
Blunt Injury	-	23.3%	30.1%	30.5%	32.0%	30.5%	29.3%	30.4%	28.9%	30.0%
SIDS	-	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke	-	28.7%	39.9%	42.7%	42.6%	44.6%	46.0%	46.3%	45.6%	45.3%
Natural Causes	-	-	-	-	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.7%	1.0%	1.0%
Other	-	5.6%	5.2%	3.2%	3.3%	3.2%	3.2%	2.4%	2.7%	2.3%
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.