Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1994 to 2003

Kidney Donors

Cause of Death	Year
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	4,797	5,003	5,038	5,083	5,338	5,386	5,489	5,528	5,636	5,754
Anoxia	325	455	453	490	528	559	510	595	628	697
Cerebrovascular/Stroke	1,331	1,907	2,090	2,045	2,262	2,285	2,357	2,332	2,338	2,387
Head Trauma	1,923	2,502	2,347	2,382	2,390	2,324	2,411	2,421	2,490	2,471
CNS Tumor	37	48	45	55	49	56	57	46	49	42
Other	71	76	73	92	76	148	153	133	131	152
Unknown	4	15	30	19	33	14	1	1	-	5
Different Coding Pre 4/94	1,106	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Anoxia	6.8%	9.1%	9.0%	9.6%	9.9%	10.4%	9.3%	10.8%	11.1%	12.1%
Cerebrovascular/Stroke	27.7%	38.1%	41.5%	40.2%	42.4%	42.4%	42.9%	42.2%	41.5%	41.5%
Head Trauma	40.1%	50.0%	46.6%	46.9%	44.8%	43.1%	43.9%	43.8%	44.2%	42.9%
CNS Tumor	0.8%	1.0%	0.9%	1.1%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	0.8%	0.9%	0.7%
Other	1.5%	1.5%	1.4%	1.8%	1.4%	2.7%	2.8%	2.4%	2.3%	2.6%
Unknown	0.1%	0.3%	0.6%	0.4%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0.1%
Different Coding Pre 4/94	23.1%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

(%) = 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.