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Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Kidney Donors

Cause of Death	Year
Cause of Death	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
Anoxia	528	559	510	595	628	697	831	942	1,156	1,260
Cerebrovascular/Stroke	2,262	2,284	2,357	2,332	2,345	2,394	2,678	2,822	2,894	2,882
Head Trauma	2,390	2,325	2,411	2,421	2,490	2,472	2,640	2,767	2,906	2,862
CNS Tumor	49	56	57	46	49	43	50	46	46	41
Other	77	148	153	133	126	147	124	123	179	200
Unknown	33	14	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Anoxia	9.9%	10.4%	9.3%	10.8%	11.1%	12.1%	13.1%	14.1%	16.1%	17.4%
Cerebrovascular/Stroke	42.4%	42.4%	42.9%	42.2%	41.6%	41.6%	42.3%	42.1%	40.3%	39.8%
Head Trauma	44.8%	43.2%	43.9%	43.8%	44.2%	43.0%	41.7%	41.3%	40.5%	39.5%
CNS Tumor	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	0.8%	0.9%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%
Other	1.4%	2.7%	2.8%	2.4%	2.2%	2.6%	2.0%	1.8%	2.5%	2.8%
Unknown	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	-	-	0.0%	-	-	-

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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