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Table 2.7

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Lung Donors

Donor Age	Year
Donor Age	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	777	825	887	920	961	1,064	1,285	1,325	1,382	1,388
<1 Year	8	5	3	6	2	3	5	8	8	3
1-5 Years	13	10	10	7	10	10	10	9	4	6
6-11 Years	25	27	27	21	29	23	20	22	13	24
12-17 Years	108	136	129	115	136	162	166	171	178	143
18-34 Years	291	322	351	409	408	441	544	548	591	641
35-49 Years	238	233	235	249	240	283	319	342	354	346
50-64 Years	89	89	127	111	128	134	205	211	216	213
65+ Years	5	3	5	2	8	8	16	14	18	12
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
<1 Year	1.0%	0.6%	0.3%	0.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	0.6%	0.6%	0.2%
1-5 Years	1.7%	1.2%	1.1%	0.8%	1.0%	0.9%	0.8%	0.7%	0.3%	0.4%
6-11 Years	3.2%	3.3%	3.0%	2.3%	3.0%	2.2%	1.6%	1.7%	0.9%	1.7%
12-17 Years	13.9%	16.5%	14.5%	12.5%	14.2%	15.2%	12.9%	12.9%	12.9%	10.3%
18-34 Years	37.5%	39.0%	39.6%	44.5%	42.5%	41.4%	42.3%	41.4%	42.8%	46.2%
35-49 Years	30.6%	28.2%	26.5%	27.1%	25.0%	26.6%	24.8%	25.8%	25.6%	24.9%
50-64 Years	11.5%	10.8%	14.3%	12.1%	13.3%	12.6%	16.0%	15.9%	15.6%	15.3%
65+ Years	0.6%	0.4%	0.6%	0.2%	0.8%	0.8%	1.2%	1.1%	1.3%	0.9%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(%) = 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.

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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