Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Kidney Donors

Donor Age Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 5,084 5,339 5,386 5,489 5,528 5,638 5,753 6,325 6,700 7,180
<1 Year 36 32 45 42 47 38 29 33 36 58
1-5 Years 197 208 174 171 185 171 155 178 175 203
6-10 Years 146 156 152 148 174 137 102 133 94 108
11-17 Years 588 570 514 546 499 508 507 523 494 517
18-34 Years 1,422 1,469 1,398 1,437 1,486 1,608 1,586 1,728 1,861 1,941
35-49 Years 1,293 1,394 1,483 1,478 1,492 1,494 1,552 1,692 1,784 1,931
50-64 Years 1,055 1,116 1,197 1,284 1,267 1,291 1,427 1,570 1,721 1,844
65+ Years 347 394 423 383 378 391 395 468 535 578
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
<1 Year 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.8%
1-5 Years 3.9% 3.9% 3.2% 3.1% 3.3% 3.0% 2.7% 2.8% 2.6% 2.8%
6-10 Years 2.9% 2.9% 2.8% 2.7% 3.1% 2.4% 1.8% 2.1% 1.4% 1.5%
11-17 Years 11.6% 10.7% 9.5% 9.9% 9.0% 9.0% 8.8% 8.3% 7.4% 7.2%
18-34 Years 28.0% 27.5% 26.0% 26.2% 26.9% 28.5% 27.6% 27.3% 27.8% 27.0%
35-49 Years 25.4% 26.1% 27.5% 26.9% 27.0% 26.5% 27.0% 26.8% 26.6% 26.9%
50-64 Years 20.8% 20.9% 22.2% 23.4% 22.9% 22.9% 24.8% 24.8% 25.7% 25.7%
65+ Years 6.8% 7.4% 7.9% 7.0% 6.8% 6.9% 6.9% 7.4% 8.0% 8.1%


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.

Donors are divided into four mutually exclusive and complete categories. All donors meeting the criteria for Expanded

Criteria Donors for Kidney are classified as ECD, regardless of whether the kidneys were allocated under the ECD system, falling into either the ECD or the ECD-DCD category. Non-ECDs include all other donors, including SCDs and "DCD non-ECDs".

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.