Table 2.3

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Pancreas Donors

Mechanism of Death Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 1,292 1,322 1,462 1,628 1,700 1,816 1,872 1,770 2,010 2,033
Drowning 5 9 5 10 5 14 9 6 18 14
Seizure 9 8 15 9 11 14 12 10 12 11
Drug Intoxication 7 9 14 13 18 21 26 28 41 41
Asphyxiation 38 32 29 45 39 45 36 33 61 61
Cardiovascular 27 27 44 61 50 63 65 59 69 98
Gunshot/Stab 289 272 258 313 309 329 320 335 355 389
Blunt Injury 493 538 603 628 668 715 793 753 804 835
SIDS 1 - 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke 381 382 431 495 548 561 547 489 581 503
Natural Causes - - - 4 10 5 14 13 16 10
Other 33 41 51 45 41 48 49 42 52 52
Unknown 9 4 10 4 - - - - - 17
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Drowning 0.4% 0.7% 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 0.3% 0.9% 0.7%
Seizure 0.7% 0.6% 1.0% 0.6% 0.6% 0.8% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5%
Drug Intoxication 0.5% 0.7% 1.0% 0.8% 1.1% 1.2% 1.4% 1.6% 2.0% 2.0%
Asphyxiation 2.9% 2.4% 2.0% 2.8% 2.3% 2.5% 1.9% 1.9% 3.0% 3.0%
Cardiovascular 2.1% 2.0% 3.0% 3.7% 2.9% 3.5% 3.5% 3.3% 3.4% 4.8%
Gunshot/Stab 22.4% 20.6% 17.6% 19.2% 18.2% 18.1% 17.1% 18.9% 17.7% 19.1%
Blunt Injury 38.2% 40.7% 41.2% 38.6% 39.3% 39.4% 42.4% 42.5% 40.0% 41.1%
SIDS 0.1% - 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke 29.5% 28.9% 29.5% 30.4% 32.2% 30.9% 29.2% 27.6% 28.9% 24.7%
Natural Causes - - - 0.2% 0.6% 0.3% 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 0.5%
Other 2.6% 3.1% 3.5% 2.8% 2.4% 2.6% 2.6% 2.4% 2.6% 2.6%
Unknown 0.7% 0.3% 0.7% 0.2% - - - - - 0.8%


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.

Not all recovered organs are actually transplanted. Data tables pertaining to the recovery and disposition of organsare presented in Section 3, Deceased Donor Organ Recovery and Disposition.