Table 1.2

Number of Organs Recovered from Deceased Donors, 1997 to 2006

  Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 20,120 20,883 21,210 21,584 21,995 22,480 22,990 25,221 26,920 28,311
Organ Type 10,091 10,594 10,703 10,909 10,985 11,196 11,435 12,570 13,313 14,282
Kidney
Pancreas 1,322 1,462 1,630 1,700 1,816 1,872 1,770 2,017 2,045 2,026
Liver 4,658 4,912 5,021 5,081 5,183 5,371 5,773 6,400 6,783 7,084
Intestine 72 78 95 87 115 112 122 168 185 184
Heart 2,426 2,447 2,316 2,284 2,276 2,223 2,120 2,096 2,220 2,275
Lung 1,551 1,390 1,445 1,523 1,620 1,706 1,770 1,970 2,374 2,460


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(-) = None in category

Includes only organs recovered for transplant. See Section 3 of the tables for reasons for non-use of organs.

An organ that is divided into segments (liver, pancreas, intestine) has each segment counted separately.