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Table 2.4
Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1992 to 2001
Liver Donors

Mechanism 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
Drowning - - 23 40 30 31 53 41 34 46
Seizure - - 26 29 31 25 36 20 33 37
Drug Intoxication - - 18 22 38 33 46 42 45 54
Asphyxiation - - 84 117 126 103 120 116 105 107
Cardiovascular - - 74 130 151 173 198 245 239 291
Gunshot/Stab - - 582 719 646 621 564 552 541 565
Blunt Injury - - 952 1,305 1,362 1,467 1,470 1,423 1,503 1,466
SIDS - - 6 3 5 6 4 3 8 2
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke - - 1,175 1,731 1,907 1,944 2,158 2,219 2,291 2,315
Natural Causes - - - - - - 1 16 35 53
Other - - 230 225 142 151 155 152 123 135
Unknown - - 3 14 25 45 39 117 38 36
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%
Drowning - - 0.6% 0.9% 0.7% 0.7% 1.1% 0.8% 0.7% 0.9%
Seizure - - 0.6% 0.7% 0.7% 0.5% 0.7% 0.4% 0.7% 0.7%
Drug Intoxication - - 0.4% 0.5% 0.9% 0.7% 0.9% 0.8% 0.9% 1.1%
Asphyxiation - - 2.1% 2.7% 2.8% 2.2% 2.5% 2.3% 2.1% 2.1%
Cardiovascular - - 1.8% 3.0% 3.4% 3.8% 4.1% 5.0% 4.8% 5.7%
Gunshot/Stab - - 14.2% 16.6% 14.5% 13.5% 11.6% 11.2% 10.8% 11.1%
Blunt Injury - - 23.3% 30.1% 30.5% 31.9% 30.3% 28.8% 30.1% 28.7%
SIDS - - 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke - - 28.7% 39.9% 42.7% 42.3% 44.5% 44.9% 45.9% 45.3%
Natural Causes - - - - - - 0.0% 0.3% 0.7% 1.0%
Other - - 5.6% 5.2% 3.2% 3.3% 3.2% 3.1% 2.5% 2.6%
Unknown - - 0.1% 0.3% 0.6% 1.0% 0.8% 2.4% 0.8% 0.7%
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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