Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Kidney Donors

Circumstance 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
MVA 1,295 1,346 1,351 1,302 1,398 1,329 1,422 1,385 1,472 1,453
Suicide 462 441 454 428 432 416 414 441 503 523
Homicide 359 325 301 294 312 344 340 340 376 433
Child Abuse 32 42 35 33 40 52 36 54 37 42
Non-MVA 456 496 526 515 419 489 470 436 552 607
Other 2,404 2,415 2,641 2,800 2,887 2,897 2,956 3,097 3,383 3,599
Unknown 30 19 31 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%
MVA 25.7% 26.5% 25.3% 24.2% 25.5% 24.0% 25.2% 24.1% 23.3% 21.7%
Suicide 9.2% 8.7% 8.5% 7.9% 7.9% 7.5% 7.3% 7.7% 8.0% 7.8%
Homicide 7.1% 6.4% 5.6% 5.5% 5.7% 6.2% 6.0% 5.9% 5.9% 6.5%
Child Abuse 0.6% 0.8% 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 0.9% 0.6% 0.9% 0.6% 0.6%
Non-MVA 9.1% 9.8% 9.9% 9.6% 7.6% 8.8% 8.3% 7.6% 8.7% 9.1%
Other 47.7% 47.5% 49.5% 52.0% 52.6% 52.4% 52.4% 53.8% 53.5% 53.7%
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.