Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Heart Donors

Mechanism 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
Drowning	-	9	11	11	12	29	22	14	20	12
Seizure	-	16	20	17	17	23	15	15	9	18
Drug Intoxication	-	16	24	30	20	35	28	25	47	41
Asphyxiation	-	43	73	74	65	65	63	58	59	47
Cardiovascular	-	26	32	42	41	45	75	74	91	84
Gunshot/Stab	-	466	519	486	439	408	370	374	367	356
Blunt Injury	-	673	933	970	991	973	900	900	922	911
SIDS	-	5	9	3	9	5	1	3	3	4
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke	-	548	722	728	733	754	720	743	675	666
Natural Causes	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	14	18	18
Other	-	159	145	86	88	96	106	63	63	64
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%
Drowning	-	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	1.2%	1.0%	0.6%	0.9%	0.5%
Seizure	-	0.6%	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.9%	0.6%	0.7%	0.4%	0.8%
Drug Intoxication	-	0.6%	1.0%	1.2%	0.8%	1.4%	1.2%	1.1%	2.1%	1.8%
Asphyxiation	-	1.7%	2.9%	3.0%	2.7%	2.7%	2.7%	2.5%	2.6%	2.1%
Cardiovascular	-	1.0%	1.3%	1.7%	1.7%	1.8%	3.2%	3.2%	4.0%	3.8%
Gunshot/Stab	-	18.5%	20.8%	19.7%	18.1%	16.7%	16.0%	16.4%	16.1%	16.0%
Blunt Injury	-	26.7%	37.5%	39.4%	40.8%	39.7%	38.9%	39.4%	40.5%	41.0%
SIDS	-	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke	-	21.7%	29.0%	29.6%	30.2%	30.8%	31.1%	32.5%	29.7%	30.0%
Natural Causes	-	-	-	-	-	0.1%	0.3%	0.6%	0.8%	0.8%
Other	-	6.3%	5.8%	3.5%	3.6%	3.9%	4.6%	2.8%	2.8%	2.9%
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.