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Table 2.3

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Pancreas Donors

Mechanism of Death Year
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 1,462 1,628 1,698 1,817 1,873 1,770 2,019 2,043 2,031 1,927
Drowning 5 10 5 14 9 6 18 14 13 12
Seizure 15 9 11 14 12 10 12 11 17 19
Drug Intoxication 14 13 18 21 26 28 42 40 42 62
Asphyxiation 29 45 39 45 36 33 61 62 61 49
Cardiovascular 44 61 50 63 65 59 69 105 98 78
Gunshot/Stab 258 313 309 329 320 335 355 393 378 364
Blunt Injury 603 628 668 715 793 753 807 842 820 791
SIDS 2 1 - 1 1 2 1 2 1 4
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke 431 495 547 563 548 489 586 513 532 471
Natural Causes - 4 10 5 14 13 16 10 13 14
Other 51 45 41 47 49 42 52 51 56 63
Unknown 10 4 - - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Drowning 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 0.3% 0.9% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6%
Seizure 1.0% 0.6% 0.6% 0.8% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.8% 1.0%
Drug Intoxication 1.0% 0.8% 1.1% 1.2% 1.4% 1.6% 2.1% 2.0% 2.1% 3.2%
Asphyxiation 2.0% 2.8% 2.3% 2.5% 1.9% 1.9% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 2.5%
Cardiovascular 3.0% 3.7% 2.9% 3.5% 3.5% 3.3% 3.4% 5.1% 4.8% 4.0%
Gunshot/Stab 17.6% 19.2% 18.2% 18.1% 17.1% 18.9% 17.6% 19.2% 18.6% 18.9%
Blunt Injury 41.2% 38.6% 39.3% 39.4% 42.3% 42.5% 40.0% 41.2% 40.4% 41.0%
SIDS 0.1% 0.1% - 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke 29.5% 30.4% 32.2% 31.0% 29.3% 27.6% 29.0% 25.1% 26.2% 24.4%
Natural Causes - 0.2% 0.6% 0.3% 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 0.5% 0.6% 0.7%
Other 3.5% 2.8% 2.4% 2.6% 2.6% 2.4% 2.6% 2.5% 2.8% 3.3%
Unknown 0.7% 0.2% - - - - - - - -


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.

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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