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Table 2.1
Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1992 to 2001
Deceased Donors of Any Organ

Cause of Death Year
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total 4,520 4,861 5,099 5,362 5,418 5,479 5,795 5,824 5,986 6,081
Anoxia - - 360 526 526 561 639 636 618 695
Cerebrovascular/Stroke - - 1,417 2,052 2,270 2,223 2,473 2,451 2,590 2,612
Head Trauma - - 2,019 2,618 2,456 2,473 2,490 2,376 2,506 2,531
CNS Tumor - - 42 53 50 63 56 59 62 52
Other - - 81 98 86 106 88 168 166 150
Unknown - - 4 15 30 53 49 134 44 41
Different Coding Pre 4/94 4,520 4,861 1,176 - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Anoxia - - 7.1% 9.8% 9.7% 10.2% 11.0% 10.9% 10.3% 11.4%
Cerebrovascular/Stroke - - 27.8% 38.3% 41.9% 40.6% 42.7% 42.1% 43.3% 43.0%
Head Trauma - - 39.6% 48.8% 45.3% 45.1% 43.0% 40.8% 41.9% 41.6%
CNS Tumor - - 0.8% 1.0% 0.9% 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9%
Other - - 1.6% 1.8% 1.6% 1.9% 1.5% 2.9% 2.8% 2.5%
Unknown - - 0.1% 0.3% 0.6% 1.0% 0.8% 2.3% 0.7% 0.7%
Different Coding Pre 4/94 100.0% 100.0% 23.1% - - - - - - -

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2002.
(%) = 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.

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