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Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Kidney Donors

Circumstance of Death	Year
Circumstance of Death	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	5,386	5,489	5,528	5,638	5,753	6,325	6,700	7,178	7,241	7,185
MVA	1,302	1,398	1,329	1,422	1,385	1,472	1,463	1,598	1,518	1,242
Suicide	428	432	416	414	441	503	525	505	543	600
Homicide	294	312	344	340	340	376	436	473	471	474
Child Abuse	33	40	52	36	54	37	42	70	78	82
Non-MVA	515	419	489	470	436	552	609	646	658	687
Other	2,800	2,887	2,897	2,956	3,097	3,384	3,625	3,886	3,973	4,100
Unknown	14	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
MVA	24.2%	25.5%	24.0%	25.2%	24.1%	23.3%	21.8%	22.3%	21.0%	17.3%
Suicide	7.9%	7.9%	7.5%	7.3%	7.7%	8.0%	7.8%	7.0%	7.5%	8.4%
Homicide	5.5%	5.7%	6.2%	6.0%	5.9%	5.9%	6.5%	6.6%	6.5%	6.6%
Child Abuse	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%	0.6%	0.9%	0.6%	0.6%	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%
Non-MVA	9.6%	7.6%	8.8%	8.3%	7.6%	8.7%	9.1%	9.0%	9.1%	9.6%
Other	52.0%	52.6%	52.4%	52.4%	53.8%	53.5%	54.1%	54.1%	54.9%	57.1%
Unknown	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	-	-	0.0%	-	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(%) = 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.

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.

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