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Table 2.5

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Intestine Donors

Donor Age	Year
Donor Age	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	78	95	87	116	112	123	166	184	185	205
<1 Year	22	20	20	31	28	32	44	40	47	54
1-5 Years	23	24	25	31	26	29	43	48	39	46
6-11 Years	9	12	16	8	13	12	21	15	14	19
12-17 Years	6	6	10	12	12	17	17	30	28	26
18-34 Years	13	15	11	23	20	24	30	34	43	43
35-49 Years	4	10	4	8	9	8	9	16	13	16
50-64 Years	1	6	1	3	3	1	2	1	1	1
65+ Years	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
<1 Year	28.2%	21.1%	23.0%	26.7%	25.0%	26.0%	26.5%	21.7%	25.4%	26.3%
1-5 Years	29.5%	25.3%	28.7%	26.7%	23.2%	23.6%	25.9%	26.1%	21.1%	22.4%
6-11 Years	11.5%	12.6%	18.4%	6.9%	11.6%	9.8%	12.7%	8.2%	7.6%	9.3%
12-17 Years	7.7%	6.3%	11.5%	10.3%	10.7%	13.8%	10.2%	16.3%	15.1%	12.7%
18-34 Years	16.7%	15.8%	12.6%	19.8%	17.9%	19.5%	18.1%	18.5%	23.2%	21.0%
35-49 Years	5.1%	10.5%	4.6%	6.9%	8.0%	6.5%	5.4%	8.7%	7.0%	7.8%
50-64 Years	1.3%	6.3%	1.1%	2.6%	2.7%	0.8%	1.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
65+ Years	-	2.1%	-	-	0.9%	-	-	-	-	-

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.

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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