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Table 2.2
Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1992 to 2001
Kidney Donors

Mechanism of Death Year
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total 4,276 4,609 4,797 5,003 5,038 5,083 5,339 5,386 5,490 5,528
Drowning - - 29 43 36 34 53 41 37 53
Seizure - - 30 37 34 30 41 28 35 35
Drug Intoxication - - 27 36 44 38 57 51 47 64
Asphyxiation - - 95 132 137 107 125 139 118 126
Cardiovascular - - 116 168 182 203 219 274 272 330
Gunshot/Stab - - 633 803 701 659 607 583 584 591
Blunt Injury - - 1,083 1,522 1,573 1,613 1,637 1,553 1,674 1,634
SIDS - - 3 3 1 5 5 3 2 2
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke - - 1,407 1,991 2,142 2,176 2,382 2,405 2,512 2,459
Natural Causes - - - - - - 1 18 34 51
Other - - 265 253 158 166 167 162 132 141
Unknown - - 3 15 30 52 45 129 43 42
Different Coding Pre 4/94 4,276 4,609 1,106 - - - - - - -
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% 0.7% 1.0% 0.8% 0.7% 1.0%
Seizure - - 0.6% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 0.5% 0.6% 0.6%
Drug Intoxication - - 0.6% 0.7% 0.9% 0.7% 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% 1.2%
Asphyxiation - - 2.0% 2.6% 2.7% 2.1% 2.3% 2.6% 2.1% 2.3%
Cardiovascular - - 2.4% 3.4% 3.6% 4.0% 4.1% 5.1% 5.0% 6.0%
Gunshot/Stab - - 13.2% 16.1% 13.9% 13.0% 11.4% 10.8% 10.6% 10.7%
Blunt Injury - - 22.6% 30.4% 31.2% 31.7% 30.7% 28.8% 30.5% 29.6%
SIDS - - 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke - - 29.3% 39.8% 42.5% 42.8% 44.6% 44.7% 45.8% 44.5%
Natural Causes - - - - - - 0.0% 0.3% 0.6% 0.9%
Other - - 5.5% 5.1% 3.1% 3.3% 3.1% 3.0% 2.4% 2.6%
Unknown - - 0.1% 0.3% 0.6% 1.0% 0.8% 2.4% 0.8% 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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