Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Kidney Donors

Mechanism 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
Drowning 36 34 53 42 37 53 36 28 57 50
Seizure 34 31 41 28 35 35 31 48 39 50
Drug Intoxication 44 39 57 52 47 65 80 107 156 134
Asphyxiation 137 108 125 139 118 127 123 105 140 151
Cardiovascular 182 203 219 274 273 330 354 407 498 576
Gunshot/Stab 701 665 609 593 587 597 573 601 629 726
Blunt Injury 1,573 1,619 1,643 1,582 1,686 1,645 1,734 1,711 1,817 1,854
SIDS 1 5 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 3
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke 2,142 2,192 2,385 2,472 2,537 2,479 2,509 2,516 2,768 2,843
Natural Causes - 2 3 19 34 50 60 83 74 74
Other 158 167 168 168 132 144 137 146 144 196
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%
Drowning 0.7% 0.7% 1.0% 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 0.6% 0.5% 0.9% 0.7%
Seizure 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 0.5% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.8% 0.6% 0.7%
Drug Intoxication 0.9% 0.8% 1.1% 1.0% 0.9% 1.2% 1.4% 1.9% 2.5% 2.0%
Asphyxiation 2.7% 2.1% 2.3% 2.6% 2.1% 2.3% 2.2% 1.8% 2.2% 2.3%
Cardiovascular 3.6% 4.0% 4.1% 5.1% 5.0% 6.0% 6.3% 7.1% 7.9% 8.6%
Gunshot/Stab 13.9% 13.1% 11.4% 11.0% 10.7% 10.8% 10.2% 10.4% 9.9% 10.8%
Blunt Injury 31.2% 31.8% 30.8% 29.4% 30.7% 29.8% 30.8% 29.7% 28.7% 27.7%
SIDS 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke 42.5% 43.1% 44.7% 45.9% 46.2% 44.8% 44.5% 43.7% 43.8% 42.4%
Natural Causes - 0.0% 0.1% 0.4% 0.6% 0.9% 1.1% 1.4% 1.2% 1.1%
Other 3.1% 3.3% 3.1% 3.1% 2.4% 2.6% 2.4% 2.5% 2.3% 2.9%
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.