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Table 2.6
Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1992 to 2001
Heart Donors

Circumstance of Death Year
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total 2,246 2,442 2,525 2,490 2,462 2,426 2,449 2,315 2,284 2,275
MVA - - 635 836 818 818 821 733 745 750
Suicide - - 299 326 316 291 300 246 258 244
Homicide - - 192 225 228 214 194 181 186 207
Child Abuse - - 22 32 26 35 27 29 32 41
Non-MVA - - 145 176 212 210 228 222 210 231
Other - - 668 892 847 835 857 850 833 783
Unknown - - - 3 15 23 22 54 20 19
Different Coding Pre 4/94 2,246 2,442 564 - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
MVA - - 25.1% 33.6% 33.2% 33.7% 33.5% 31.7% 32.6% 33.0%
Suicide - - 11.8% 13.1% 12.8% 12.0% 12.2% 10.6% 11.3% 10.7%
Homicide - - 7.6% 9.0% 9.3% 8.8% 7.9% 7.8% 8.1% 9.1%
Child Abuse - - 0.9% 1.3% 1.1% 1.4% 1.1% 1.3% 1.4% 1.8%
Non-MVA - - 5.7% 7.1% 8.6% 8.7% 9.3% 9.6% 9.2% 10.2%
Other - - 26.5% 35.8% 34.4% 34.4% 35.0% 36.7% 36.5% 34.4%
Unknown - - - 0.1% 0.6% 0.9% 0.9% 2.3% 0.9% 0.8%
Different Coding Pre 4/94 100.0% 100.0% 22.3% - - - - - - -

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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