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

Mechanism 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
Drowning - - 31 47 38 34 63 47 40 56
Seizure - - 33 43 41 33 46 32 39 43
Drug Intoxication - - 29 45 57 46 70 63 66 83
Asphyxiation - - 107 153 156 127 150 153 138 147
Cardiovascular - - 123 193 208 234 258 310 331 381
Gunshot/Stab - - 658 836 739 689 633 611 609 626
Blunt Injury - - 1,147 1,586 1,641 1,679 1,703 1,624 1,748 1,706
SIDS - - 8 9 5 12 8 3 8 4
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke - - 1,497 2,145 2,323 2,379 2,615 2,635 2,773 2,763
Natural Causes - - - - - - 1 19 41 63
Other - - 287 290 180 193 201 194 149 165
Unknown - - 3 15 30 53 47 133 44 44
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%
Drowning - - 0.6% 0.9% 0.7% 0.6% 1.1% 0.8% 0.7% 0.9%
Seizure - - 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 0.6% 0.8% 0.5% 0.7% 0.7%
Drug Intoxication - - 0.6% 0.8% 1.1% 0.8% 1.2% 1.1% 1.1% 1.4%
Asphyxiation - - 2.1% 2.9% 2.9% 2.3% 2.6% 2.6% 2.3% 2.4%
Cardiovascular - - 2.4% 3.6% 3.8% 4.3% 4.5% 5.3% 5.5% 6.3%
Gunshot/Stab - - 12.9% 15.6% 13.6% 12.6% 10.9% 10.5% 10.2% 10.3%
Blunt Injury - - 22.5% 29.6% 30.3% 30.6% 29.4% 27.9% 29.2% 28.1%
SIDS - - 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke - - 29.4% 40.0% 42.9% 43.4% 45.1% 45.2% 46.3% 45.4%
Natural Causes - - - - - - 0.0% 0.3% 0.7% 1.0%
Other - - 5.6% 5.4% 3.3% 3.5% 3.5% 3.3% 2.5% 2.7%
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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