Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1994 to 2003

Kidney Donors

Mechanism 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
Drowning	29	43	36	34	53	42	37	53	36	28
Seizure	30	37	34	31	41	28	35	35	31	48
Drug Intoxication	27	36	44	39	57	52	47	65	80	107
Asphyxiation	95	132	137	108	125	139	118	127	123	105
Cardiovascular	116	168	182	203	219	275	273	330	354	407
Gunshot/Stab	633	803	701	665	609	593	587	597	573	601
Blunt Injury	1,083	1,522	1,573	1,619	1,643	1,582	1,686	1,645	1,734	1,708
SIDS	3	3	1	5	5	3	2	2	1	1
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke	1,407	1,991	2,142	2,191	2,385	2,471	2,537	2,479	2,507	2,512
Natural Causes	-	-	-	2	3	19	34	50	60	85
Other	265	253	158	167	167	168	132	144	137	147
Unknown	3	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%
Drowning	0.6%	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%	1.0%	0.8%	0.7%	1.0%	0.6%	0.5%
Seizure	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.8%
Drug Intoxication	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%	0.8%	1.1%	1.0%	0.9%	1.2%	1.4%	1.9%
Asphyxiation	2.0%	2.6%	2.7%	2.1%	2.3%	2.6%	2.1%	2.3%	2.2%	1.8%
Cardiovascular	2.4%	3.4%	3.6%	4.0%	4.1%	5.1%	5.0%	6.0%	6.3%	7.1%
Gunshot/Stab	13.2%	16.1%	13.9%	13.1%	11.4%	11.0%	10.7%	10.8%	10.2%	10.4%
Blunt Injury	22.6%	30.4%	31.2%	31.9%	30.8%	29.4%	30.7%	29.8%	30.8%	29.7%
SIDS	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke	29.3%	39.8%	42.5%	43.1%	44.7%	45.9%	46.2%	44.8%	44.5%	43.7%
Natural Causes	-	-	-	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%	0.6%	0.9%	1.1%	1.5%
Other	5.5%	5.1%	3.1%	3.3%	3.1%	3.1%	2.4%	2.6%	2.4%	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.