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Table 2.7
Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1992 to 2001
Lung Donors

Mechanism of Death Year
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total 526 790 918 856 757 836 764 778 824 887
Drowning - - 1 1 1 - 4 2 1 3
Seizure - - 8 7 8 6 10 5 8 8
Drug Intoxication - - 9 6 5 7 7 9 8 7
Asphyxiation - - 16 12 15 8 11 16 9 14
Cardiovascular - - 18 12 12 9 15 21 20 32
Gunshot/Stab - - 178 213 169 195 160 147 152 164
Blunt Injury - - 194 277 252 286 258 235 287 278
SIDS - - - 1 1 - 1 - 1 -
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke - - 247 267 269 289 270 288 302 347
Natural Causes - - - - - - - 1 3 6
Other - - 48 59 20 27 23 31 28 19
Unknown - - - 1 5 9 5 23 5 9
Different Coding Pre 4/94 526 790 199 - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Drowning - - 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% - 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.3%
Seizure - - 0.9% 0.8% 1.1% 0.7% 1.3% 0.6% 1.0% 0.9%
Drug Intoxication - - 1.0% 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 1.2% 1.0% 0.8%
Asphyxiation - - 1.7% 1.4% 2.0% 1.0% 1.4% 2.1% 1.1% 1.6%
Cardiovascular - - 2.0% 1.4% 1.6% 1.1% 2.0% 2.7% 2.4% 3.6%
Gunshot/Stab - - 19.4% 24.9% 22.3% 23.3% 20.9% 18.9% 18.4% 18.5%
Blunt Injury - - 21.1% 32.4% 33.3% 34.2% 33.8% 30.2% 34.8% 31.3%
SIDS - - - 0.1% 0.1% - 0.1% - 0.1% -
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke - - 26.9% 31.2% 35.5% 34.6% 35.3% 37.0% 36.7% 39.1%
Natural Causes - - - - - - - 0.1% 0.4% 0.7%
Other - - 5.2% 6.9% 2.6% 3.2% 3.0% 4.0% 3.4% 2.1%
Unknown - - - 0.1% 0.7% 1.1% 0.7% 3.0% 0.6% 1.0%
Different Coding Pre 4/94 100.0% 100.0% 21.7% - - - - - - -

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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