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Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Kidney Donors

Mechanism of Death 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
Drowning 53 42 37 53 36 28 57 50 64 52
Seizure 41 28 35 35 31 48 39 50 64 63
Drug Intoxication 57 52 47 65 80 107 156 134 196 233
Asphyxiation 125 139 118 127 123 105 140 152 175 175
Cardiovascular 219 274 273 330 354 407 498 593 616 721
Gunshot/Stab 609 593 587 597 573 601 629 731 703 720
Blunt Injury 1,643 1,582 1,686 1,645 1,734 1,711 1,817 1,866 2,014 1,947
SIDS 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 6 6
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke 2,385 2,472 2,537 2,479 2,509 2,516 2,768 2,851 3,046 2,990
Natural Causes 3 19 34 50 60 83 74 74 76 89
Other 168 168 132 144 137 146 144 196 221 249
Unknown 31 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%
Drowning 1.0% 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 0.6% 0.5% 0.9% 0.7% 0.9% 0.7%
Seizure 0.8% 0.5% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.8% 0.6% 0.7% 0.9% 0.9%
Drug Intoxication 1.1% 1.0% 0.9% 1.2% 1.4% 1.9% 2.5% 2.0% 2.7% 3.2%
Asphyxiation 2.3% 2.6% 2.1% 2.3% 2.2% 1.8% 2.2% 2.3% 2.4% 2.4%
Cardiovascular 4.1% 5.1% 5.0% 6.0% 6.3% 7.1% 7.9% 8.9% 8.6% 10.0%
Gunshot/Stab 11.4% 11.0% 10.7% 10.8% 10.2% 10.4% 9.9% 10.9% 9.8% 9.9%
Blunt Injury 30.8% 29.4% 30.7% 29.8% 30.8% 29.7% 28.7% 27.9% 28.0% 26.9%
SIDS 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke 44.7% 45.9% 46.2% 44.8% 44.5% 43.7% 43.8% 42.6% 42.4% 41.3%
Natural Causes 0.1% 0.4% 0.6% 0.9% 1.1% 1.4% 1.2% 1.1% 1.1% 1.2%
Other 3.1% 3.1% 2.4% 2.6% 2.4% 2.5% 2.3% 2.9% 3.1% 3.4%
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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