Table 2.4

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Liver Donors

Donation After Cardiac Death Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 4,336 4,463 4,600 4,843 4,947 4,997 5,106 5,294 5,682 6,321
Yes 14 18 29 36 38 54 92 101 157 242
No 4,306 4,391 4,536 4,766 4,884 4,930 5,008 5,190 5,518 6,074
Unknown 16 54 35 41 25 13 6 3 7 5
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Yes 0.3% 0.4% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 1.1% 1.8% 1.9% 2.8% 3.8%
No 99.3% 98.4% 98.6% 98.4% 98.7% 98.7% 98.1% 98.0% 97.1% 96.1%
Unknown 0.4% 1.2% 0.8% 0.8% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

(%) = 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 organsare presented in Section 3, Deceased Donor Organ Recovery and Disposition.