Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Kidney Donors

Donor Gender	Year
Donor Gender	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
Female	2,060	2,071	2,257	2,292	2,301	2,290	2,282	2,380	2,675	2,773
Male	2,978	3,013	3,082	3,094	3,188	3,238	3,356	3,373	3,650	3,927
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Female	40.9%	40.7%	42.3%	42.6%	41.9%	41.4%	40.5%	41.4%	42.3%	41.4%
Male	59.1%	59.3%	57.7%	57.4%	58.1%	58.6%	59.5%	58.6%	57.7%	58.6%

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.