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Table 2.6
Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1992 to 2001
Heart Donors

Mechanism 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
Drowning - - 9 11 11 12 29 21 14 20
Seizure - - 16 20 17 17 23 15 15 9
Drug Intoxication - - 16 24 30 20 35 27 25 46
Asphyxiation - - 43 73 74 65 65 63 58 59
Cardiovascular - - 26 32 42 41 45 75 72 92
Gunshot/Stab - - 466 519 486 434 406 362 372 363
Blunt Injury - - 673 933 970 989 969 885 894 910
SIDS - - 5 8 3 9 5 1 3 3
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke - - 548 722 728 729 754 701 734 675
Natural Causes - - - - - - - 8 14 18
Other - - 159 145 86 87 96 103 63 63
Unknown - - - 3 15 23 22 54 20 17
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%
Drowning - - 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 1.2% 0.9% 0.6% 0.9%
Seizure - - 0.6% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 0.6% 0.7% 0.4%
Drug Intoxication - - 0.6% 1.0% 1.2% 0.8% 1.4% 1.2% 1.1% 2.0%
Asphyxiation - - 1.7% 2.9% 3.0% 2.7% 2.7% 2.7% 2.5% 2.6%
Cardiovascular - - 1.0% 1.3% 1.7% 1.7% 1.8% 3.2% 3.2% 4.0%
Gunshot/Stab - - 18.5% 20.8% 19.7% 17.9% 16.6% 15.6% 16.3% 16.0%
Blunt Injury - - 26.7% 37.5% 39.4% 40.8% 39.6% 38.2% 39.1% 40.0%
SIDS - - 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke - - 21.7% 29.0% 29.6% 30.0% 30.8% 30.3% 32.1% 29.7%
Natural Causes - - - - - - - 0.3% 0.6% 0.8%
Other - - 6.3% 5.8% 3.5% 3.6% 3.9% 4.4% 2.8% 2.8%
Unknown - - - 0.1% 0.6% 0.9% 0.9% 2.3% 0.9% 0.7%
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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