Table 2.5

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1994 to 2003

Intestine Donors

Donor Age	Year
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	62	122	48	72	78	96	87	115	112	122
<1 Year	6	9	10	14	22	21	19	28	27	31
1-5 Years	10	19	18	25	21	25	26	33	27	29
6-10 Years	4	7	3	12	11	11	15	7	11	11
11-17 Years	7	17	3	7	6	5	11	12	14	18
18-34 Years	10	26	9	8	13	15	11	24	20	24
35-49 Years	13	30	4	5	4	10	4	8	9	8
50-64 Years	11	12	1	1	1	6	1	3	3	1
65+ Years	1	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
<1 Year	9.7%	7.4%	20.8%	19.4%	28.2%	21.9%	21.8%	24.3%	24.1%	25.4%
1-5 Years	16.1%	15.6%	37.5%	34.7%	26.9%	26.0%	29.9%	28.7%	24.1%	23.8%
6-10 Years	6.5%	5.7%	6.3%	16.7%	14.1%	11.5%	17.2%	6.1%	9.8%	9.0%
11-17 Years	11.3%	13.9%	6.3%	9.7%	7.7%	5.2%	12.6%	10.4%	12.5%	14.8%
18-34 Years	16.1%	21.3%	18.8%	11.1%	16.7%	15.6%	12.6%	20.9%	17.9%	19.7%
35-49 Years	21.0%	24.6%	8.3%	6.9%	5.1%	10.4%	4.6%	7.0%	8.0%	6.6%
50-64 Years	17.7%	9.8%	2.1%	1.4%	1.3%	6.3%	1.1%	2.6%	2.7%	0.8%
65+ Years	1.6%	1.6%	-	-	-	3.1%	-	-	0.9%	-

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.