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Table 3.6
Cadaveric Donor Characteristics, 1991 to 2000
Heart Donors

 Year
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Total 2,198 2,246 2,442 2,526 2,496 2,462 2,426 2,449 2,311 2,286
Mechanism of Death--- 9 11 11 12 29 21 13
Drowning
Seizure --- 16 20 17 17 23 15 15
Drug Intoxication --- 16 24 30 20 35 27 25
Asphyxiation --- 43 73 74 65 65 63 57
Cardiovascular --- 26 32 42 41 45 73 71
Gunshot/Stab --- 466 521 486 434 406 361 365
Blunt Injury --- 673 934 969 989 969 874 866
SIDS --- 5 8 3 9 5 1 3
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke--- 549 725 728 729 754 695 720
Natural Causes -------- 8 14
Other --- 159 145 86 87 96 103 61
Unknown ---- 3 16 23 22 70 76
Different Coding Pre 4/94 2,198 2,246 2,442 564------
Mechanism of Death (%)--- 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 1.2% 0.9% 0.6%
Drowning
Seizure --- 0.6% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 0.6% 0.7%
Drug Intoxication --- 0.6% 1.0% 1.2% 0.8% 1.4% 1.2% 1.1%
Asphyxiation --- 1.7% 2.9% 3.0% 2.7% 2.7% 2.7% 2.5%
Cardiovascular --- 1.0% 1.3% 1.7% 1.7% 1.8% 3.2% 3.1%
Gunshot/Stab --- 18.4% 20.9% 19.7% 17.9% 16.6% 15.6% 16.0%
Blunt Injury --- 26.6% 37.4% 39.4% 40.8% 39.6% 37.8% 37.9%
SIDS --- 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke--- 21.7% 29.0% 29.6% 30.0% 30.8% 30.1% 31.5%
Natural Causes -------- 0.3% 0.6%
Other --- 6.3% 5.8% 3.5% 3.6% 3.9% 4.5% 2.7%
Unknown ---- 0.1% 0.6% 0.9% 0.9% 3.0% 3.3%
Different Coding Pre 4/94 100.0%100.0%100.0% 22.3%------



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