Table 2.5

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Intestine Donors

Donor Gender	Year
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	34	62	122	48	72	78	96	87	115	112
Female	8	29	59	22	26	29	34	38	39	60
Male	26	33	63	26	46	49	62	49	76	52
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Female	23.5%	46.8%	48.4%	45.8%	36.1%	37.2%	35.4%	43.7%	33.9%	53.6%
Male	76.5%	53.2%	51.6%	54.2%	63.9%	62.8%	64.6%	56.3%	66.1%	46.4%

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.