Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1994 to 2003

Kidney Donors

Circumstance 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
MVA	1,000	1,361	1,295	1,346	1,351	1,302	1,398	1,329	1,422	1,383
Suicide	407	522	462	441	454	428	432	416	414	441
Homicide	283	356	359	325	301	293	312	344	340	340
Child Abuse	32	32	32	42	35	33	40	52	36	54
Non-MVA	294	357	456	496	526	515	419	489	470	437
Other	1,670	2,360	2,404	2,414	2,640	2,801	2,887	2,897	2,954	3,094
Unknown	5	15	30	19	31	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%
MVA	20.8%	27.2%	25.7%	26.5%	25.3%	24.2%	25.5%	24.0%	25.2%	24.0%
Suicide	8.5%	10.4%	9.2%	8.7%	8.5%	7.9%	7.9%	7.5%	7.3%	7.7%
Homicide	5.9%	7.1%	7.1%	6.4%	5.6%	5.4%	5.7%	6.2%	6.0%	5.9%
Child Abuse	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%	0.6%	0.9%
Non-MVA	6.1%	7.1%	9.1%	9.8%	9.9%	9.6%	7.6%	8.8%	8.3%	7.6%
Other	34.8%	47.2%	47.7%	47.5%	49.5%	52.0%	52.6%	52.4%	52.4%	53.8%
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.