Table 2.5

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Intestine Donors

Donor Gender	Year
Donor Gender	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total	48	72	78	95	87	115	112	122	166	184
Female	22	26	29	33	38	39	60	49	68	76
Male	26	46	49	62	49	76	52	73	98	108
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Female	45.8%	36.1%	37.2%	34.7%	43.7%	33.9%	53.6%	40.2%	41.0%	41.3%
Male	54.2%	63.9%	62.8%	65.3%	56.3%	66.1%	46.4%	59.8%	59.0%	58.7%

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.