Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Kidney Donors

Cause of Death 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
Anoxia 453 490 528 559 510 595 628 697 832 935
Cerebrovascular/Stroke 2,090 2,046 2,262 2,284 2,357 2,332 2,340 2,389 2,678 2,804
Head Trauma 2,347 2,382 2,390 2,325 2,411 2,421 2,490 2,472 2,639 2,750
CNS Tumor 45 55 49 56 57 46 49 43 50 46
Other 73 92 77 148 153 133 131 152 124 122
Unknown 30 19 33 14 1 1 - - 2 43
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Anoxia 9.0% 9.6% 9.9% 10.4% 9.3% 10.8% 11.1% 12.1% 13.2% 14.0%
Cerebrovascular/Stroke 41.5% 40.2% 42.4% 42.4% 42.9% 42.2% 41.5% 41.5% 42.3% 41.9%
Head Trauma 46.6% 46.9% 44.8% 43.2% 43.9% 43.8% 44.2% 43.0% 41.7% 41.0%
CNS Tumor 0.9% 1.1% 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 0.8% 0.9% 0.7% 0.8% 0.7%
Other 1.4% 1.8% 1.4% 2.7% 2.8% 2.4% 2.3% 2.6% 2.0% 1.8%
Unknown 0.6% 0.4% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0% 0.6%


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.