Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Heart Donors

Donor Age	Year
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	2,442	2,525	2,491	2,462	2,426	2,449	2,315	2,283	2,275	2,221
<1 Year	77	71	68	51	59	59	52	63	59	62
1-5 Years	83	82	77	94	100	96	79	78	79	94
6-10 Years	56	56	78	67	61	63	63	58	62	45
11-17 Years	455	452	439	415	372	362	316	315	278	267
18-34 Years	1,051	1,026	1,019	979	943	988	912	881	943	973
35-49 Years	512	607	610	667	659	663	666	660	652	569
50-64 Years	191	212	194	178	226	211	221	221	195	210
65+ Years	17	19	6	11	6	7	6	7	7	1
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
<1 Year	3.2%	2.8%	2.7%	2.1%	2.4%	2.4%	2.2%	2.8%	2.6%	2.8%
1-5 Years	3.4%	3.2%	3.1%	3.8%	4.1%	3.9%	3.4%	3.4%	3.5%	4.2%
6-10 Years	2.3%	2.2%	3.1%	2.7%	2.5%	2.6%	2.7%	2.5%	2.7%	2.0%
11-17 Years	18.6%	17.9%	17.6%	16.9%	15.3%	14.8%	13.7%	13.8%	12.2%	12.0%
18-34 Years	43.0%	40.6%	40.9%	39.8%	38.9%	40.3%	39.4%	38.6%	41.5%	43.8%
35-49 Years	21.0%	24.0%	24.5%	27.1%	27.2%	27.1%	28.8%	28.9%	28.7%	25.6%
50-64 Years	7.8%	8.4%	7.8%	7.2%	9.3%	8.6%	9.5%	9.7%	8.6%	9.5%
65+ Years	0.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%

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.