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

Circumstance 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
MVA - - 1,042 1,410 1,349 1,377 1,397 1,318 1,438 1,362
Suicide - - 422 540 492 457 482 440 460 448
Homicide - - 297 387 379 344 315 314 323 362
Child Abuse - - 51 49 46 57 49 47 57 74
Non-MVA - - 312 378 484 532 569 543 455 531
Other - - 1,794 2,583 2,638 2,659 2,936 3,029 3,209 3,257
Unknown - - 5 15 30 53 47 133 44 47
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%
MVA - - 20.4% 26.3% 24.9% 25.1% 24.1% 22.6% 24.0% 22.4%
Suicide - - 8.3% 10.1% 9.1% 8.3% 8.3% 7.6% 7.7% 7.4%
Homicide - - 5.8% 7.2% 7.0% 6.3% 5.4% 5.4% 5.4% 6.0%
Child Abuse - - 1.0% 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 1.0% 1.2%
Non-MVA - - 6.1% 7.0% 8.9% 9.7% 9.8% 9.3% 7.6% 8.7%
Other - - 35.2% 48.2% 48.7% 48.5% 50.7% 52.0% 53.6% 53.6%
Unknown - - 0.1% 0.3% 0.6% 1.0% 0.8% 2.3% 0.7% 0.8%
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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