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Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Heart Donors

Donor Age	Year
Donor Age	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	2,316	2,284	2,276	2,223	2,120	2,096	2,220	2,276	2,287	2,226
<1 Year	57	64	64	67	63	67	71	88	80	88
1-5 Years	78	82	78	90	68	79	83	81	83	114
6-11 Years	75	68	71	58	61	62	56	54	56	54
12-17 Years	308	305	272	253	267	255	245	251	242	219
18-34 Years	906	878	940	974	937	922	1,034	1,060	1,093	1,044
35-49 Years	665	663	647	570	545	524	554	563	572	546
50-64 Years	219	217	196	210	174	183	177	178	159	161
65+ Years	8	7	8	1	5	4	-	1	2	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
<1 Year	2.5%	2.8%	2.8%	3.0%	3.0%	3.2%	3.2%	3.9%	3.5%	4.0%
1-5 Years	3.4%	3.6%	3.4%	4.0%	3.2%	3.8%	3.7%	3.6%	3.6%	5.1%
6-11 Years	3.2%	3.0%	3.1%	2.6%	2.9%	3.0%	2.5%	2.4%	2.4%	2.4%
12-17 Years	13.3%	13.4%	12.0%	11.4%	12.6%	12.2%	11.0%	11.0%	10.6%	9.8%
18-34 Years	39.1%	38.4%	41.3%	43.8%	44.2%	44.0%	46.6%	46.6%	47.8%	46.9%
35-49 Years	28.7%	29.0%	28.4%	25.6%	25.7%	25.0%	25.0%	24.7%	25.0%	24.5%
50-64 Years	9.5%	9.5%	8.6%	9.4%	8.2%	8.7%	8.0%	7.8%	7.0%	7.2%
65+ Years	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	-	0.0%	0.1%	-

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.

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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