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Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Kidney Donors

Donor Age Year
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 5,339 5,386 5,489 5,528 5,638 5,753 6,325 6,700 7,181 7,245
<1 Year 32 45 42 47 38 29 33 36 58 68
1-5 Years 208 174 171 185 171 155 178 175 203 175
6-11 Years 183 178 181 202 164 128 164 121 135 146
12-17 Years 543 488 513 471 481 481 492 467 490 456
18-34 Years 1,469 1,398 1,437 1,486 1,608 1,586 1,728 1,861 1,941 2,018
35-49 Years 1,394 1,483 1,478 1,492 1,494 1,552 1,692 1,784 1,932 1,905
50-64 Years 1,116 1,197 1,284 1,267 1,291 1,427 1,570 1,721 1,844 1,903
65+ Years 394 423 383 378 391 395 468 535 578 574
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% 0.9%
1-5 Years 3.9% 3.2% 3.1% 3.3% 3.0% 2.7% 2.8% 2.6% 2.8% 2.4%
6-11 Years 3.4% 3.3% 3.3% 3.7% 2.9% 2.2% 2.6% 1.8% 1.9% 2.0%
12-17 Years 10.2% 9.1% 9.3% 8.5% 8.5% 8.4% 7.8% 7.0% 6.8% 6.3%
18-34 Years 27.5% 26.0% 26.2% 26.9% 28.5% 27.6% 27.3% 27.8% 27.0% 27.9%
35-49 Years 26.1% 27.5% 26.9% 27.0% 26.5% 27.0% 26.8% 26.6% 26.9% 26.3%
50-64 Years 20.9% 22.2% 23.4% 22.9% 22.9% 24.8% 24.8% 25.7% 25.7% 26.3%
65+ Years 7.4% 7.9% 7.0% 6.8% 6.9% 6.9% 7.4% 8.0% 8.0% 7.9%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

(%) = 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.

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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