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Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Heart Donors

Circumstance of Death	Year
Circumstance of Death	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	2,447	2,316	2,284	2,276	2,223	2,120	2,096	2,220	2,276	2,289
MVA	824	746	751	762	757	731	714	724	775	726
Suicide	301	254	259	248	249	256	243	248	258	265
Homicide	195	185	187	207	207	190	205	256	266	270
Child Abuse	27	29	32	41	36	49	36	48	55	63
Non-MVA	228	227	212	233	200	180	226	249	222	239
Other	858	869	843	785	774	714	671	695	700	726
Unknown	14	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
MVA	33.7%	32.2%	32.9%	33.5%	34.1%	34.5%	34.1%	32.6%	34.1%	31.7%
Suicide	12.3%	11.0%	11.3%	10.9%	11.2%	12.1%	11.6%	11.2%	11.3%	11.6%
Homicide	8.0%	8.0%	8.2%	9.1%	9.3%	9.0%	9.8%	11.5%	11.7%	11.8%
Child Abuse	1.1%	1.3%	1.4%	1.8%	1.6%	2.3%	1.7%	2.2%	2.4%	2.8%
Non-MVA	9.3%	9.8%	9.3%	10.2%	9.0%	8.5%	10.8%	11.2%	9.8%	10.4%
Other	35.1%	37.5%	36.9%	34.5%	34.8%	33.7%	32.0%	31.3%	30.8%	31.7%
Unknown	0.6%	0.3%	-	-	-	-	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.

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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