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Table 2.4
Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1992 to 2001
Liver Donors

Circumstance of Death Year
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total 3,334 3,764 4,093 4,335 4,463 4,599 4,844 4,946 4,995 5,107
MVA - - 864 1,172 1,129 1,220 1,228 1,151 1,250 1,200
Suicide - - 372 440 425 410 428 385 397 386
Homicide - - 251 329 311 305 260 279 277 307
Child Abuse - - 45 37 41 49 43 39 49 63
Non-MVA - - 256 307 398 437 451 463 378 437
Other - - 1,381 2,036 2,134 2,133 2,395 2,512 2,606 2,675
Unknown - - 4 14 25 45 39 117 38 39
Different Coding Pre 4/94 3,334 3,764 920 - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
MVA - - 21.1% 27.0% 25.3% 26.5% 25.4% 23.3% 25.0% 23.5%
Suicide - - 9.1% 10.1% 9.5% 8.9% 8.8% 7.8% 7.9% 7.6%
Homicide - - 6.1% 7.6% 7.0% 6.6% 5.4% 5.6% 5.5% 6.0%
Child Abuse - - 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% 1.1% 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 1.2%
Non-MVA - - 6.3% 7.1% 8.9% 9.5% 9.3% 9.4% 7.6% 8.6%
Other - - 33.7% 47.0% 47.8% 46.4% 49.4% 50.8% 52.2% 52.4%
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% 22.5% - - - - - - -

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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