Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Heart Donors

Circumstance of Death	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
MVA	-	635	836	818	821	824	745	751	762	755
Suicide	-	299	326	316	296	301	253	259	247	249
Homicide	-	192	225	228	214	195	184	187	207	207
Child Abuse	-	22	32	26	35	27	29	32	41	36
Non-MVA	-	145	176	212	210	229	227	211	233	200
Other	-	668	893	847	839	859	870	843	784	774
Unknown	-	-	3	15	11	14	7	-	1	-
Different Coding Pre 4/94	2,442	564	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
MVA	-	25.1%	33.6%	33.2%	33.8%	33.6%	32.2%	32.9%	33.5%	34.0%
Suicide	-	11.8%	13.1%	12.8%	12.2%	12.3%	10.9%	11.3%	10.9%	11.2%
Homicide	-	7.6%	9.0%	9.3%	8.8%	8.0%	7.9%	8.2%	9.1%	9.3%
Child Abuse	-	0.9%	1.3%	1.1%	1.4%	1.1%	1.3%	1.4%	1.8%	1.6%
Non-MVA	-	5.7%	7.1%	8.6%	8.7%	9.4%	9.8%	9.2%	10.2%	9.0%
Other	-	26.5%	35.8%	34.4%	34.6%	35.1%	37.6%	36.9%	34.5%	34.8%
Unknown	-	-	0.1%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.3%	-	0.0%	-
Different Coding Pre 4/94	100.0%	22.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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.