Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Kidney Donors

Donor Age Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 5,038 5,084 5,339 5,386 5,489 5,528 5,638 5,753 6,325 6,700
<1 Year 37 36 32 45 42 48 38 29 33 36
1-5 Years 178 197 208 174 171 185 171 155 178 175
6-10 Years 154 146 156 152 148 173 137 102 133 94
11-17 Years 609 588 570 514 546 499 508 507 523 494
18-34 Years 1,428 1,422 1,469 1,398 1,437 1,486 1,608 1,586 1,728 1,861
35-49 Years 1,313 1,293 1,394 1,483 1,478 1,492 1,494 1,552 1,692 1,784
50-64 Years 1,030 1,055 1,116 1,197 1,284 1,267 1,291 1,427 1,570 1,721
65+ Years 289 347 394 423 383 378 391 395 468 535
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%
1-5 Years 3.5% 3.9% 3.9% 3.2% 3.1% 3.3% 3.0% 2.7% 2.8% 2.6%
6-10 Years 3.1% 2.9% 2.9% 2.8% 2.7% 3.1% 2.4% 1.8% 2.1% 1.4%
11-17 Years 12.1% 11.6% 10.7% 9.5% 9.9% 9.0% 9.0% 8.8% 8.3% 7.4%
18-34 Years 28.3% 28.0% 27.5% 26.0% 26.2% 26.9% 28.5% 27.6% 27.3% 27.8%
35-49 Years 26.1% 25.4% 26.1% 27.5% 26.9% 27.0% 26.5% 27.0% 26.8% 26.6%
50-64 Years 20.4% 20.8% 20.9% 22.2% 23.4% 22.9% 22.9% 24.8% 24.8% 25.7%
65+ Years 5.7% 6.8% 7.4% 7.9% 7.0% 6.8% 6.9% 6.9% 7.4% 8.0%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(%) = 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.

Donors are divided into four mutually exclusive and complete categories. All donors meeting the criteria for Expanded

Criteria Donors for Kidney are classified as ECD, regardless of whether the kidneys were allocated under the ECD system, falling into either the ECD or the ECD-DCD category. Non-ECDs include all other donors, including SCDs and "DCD non-ECDs".

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.