Table 2.3

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1994 to 2003

Pancreas Donors

Cause of Death	Year
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	1,360	1,289	1,291	1,322	1,462	1,628	1,703	1,818	1,872	1,774
Anoxia	79	78	89	106	103	135	124	157	147	144
Cerebrovascular/Stroke	322	354	355	347	401	442	494	496	477	425
Head Trauma	638	830	811	834	904	989	1,030	1,117	1,194	1,153
CNS Tumor	10	12	12	12	17	19	17	15	15	12
Other	20	8	15	19	26	39	38	33	39	39
Unknown	-	7	9	4	11	4	-	-	-	1
Different Coding Pre 4/94	291	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Anoxia	5.8%	6.1%	6.9%	8.0%	7.0%	8.3%	7.3%	8.6%	7.9%	8.1%
Cerebrovascular/Stroke	23.7%	27.5%	27.5%	26.2%	27.4%	27.1%	29.0%	27.3%	25.5%	24.0%
Head Trauma	46.9%	64.4%	62.8%	63.1%	61.8%	60.7%	60.5%	61.4%	63.8%	65.0%
CNS Tumor	0.7%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	1.2%	1.2%	1.0%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%
Other	1.5%	0.6%	1.2%	1.4%	1.8%	2.4%	2.2%	1.8%	2.1%	2.2%
Unknown	-	0.5%	0.7%	0.3%	0.8%	0.2%	-	-	-	0.1%
Different Coding Pre 4/94	21.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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.