Table 2.1

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Deceased Donors of Any Organ

Donation After Cardiac Death Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 5,480 5,793 5,824 5,985 6,080 6,190 6,457 7,150 7,593 8,024
Yes 78 75 87 117 168 189 268 391 561 645
No 5,356 5,668 5,700 5,849 5,906 5,994 6,180 6,751 7,027 7,374
Unknown 46 50 37 19 6 7 9 8 5 5
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Yes 1.4% 1.3% 1.5% 2.0% 2.8% 3.1% 4.2% 5.5% 7.4% 8.0%
No 97.7% 97.8% 97.9% 97.7% 97.1% 96.8% 95.7% 94.4% 92.5% 91.9%
Unknown 0.8% 0.9% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(%) = 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.

Not all recovered organs are actually transplanted. Data tables pertaining to the recovery and disposition of organs are presented in Section 3, Deceased Donor Organ Recovery and Disposition.