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Table 2.3

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Pancreas Donors

Donation After Cardiac 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
Yes 5 4 7 13 22 21 49 72 74 64
No 1,446 1,612 1,689 1,804 1,851 1,747 1,970 1,971 1,957 1,863
Unknown 11 12 2 - - 2 - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Yes 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.7% 1.2% 1.2% 2.4% 3.5% 3.6% 3.3%
No 98.9% 99.0% 99.5% 99.3% 98.8% 98.7% 97.6% 96.5% 96.4% 96.7%
Unknown 0.8% 0.7% 0.1% - - 0.1% - - - -


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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