Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart Donors

Donor Gender	Year
Donor Gender	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	2,426	2,447	2,316	2,284	2,276	2,223	2,120	2,096	2,220	2,275
Female	811	853	783	763	722	710	669	689	666	662
Male	1,615	1,594	1,533	1,521	1,554	1,513	1,451	1,407	1,554	1,613
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Female	33.4%	34.9%	33.8%	33.4%	31.7%	31.9%	31.6%	32.9%	30.0%	29.1%
Male	66.6%	65.1%	66.2%	66.6%	68.3%	68.1%	68.4%	67.1%	70.0%	70.9%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(%) = 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.