Table 2.3

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Pancreas Donors

Mechanism of Death Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 1,322 1,462 1,628 1,699 1,816 1,872 1,770 2,017 2,044 2,026
Drowning 9 5 10 5 14 9 6 18 14 13
Seizure 8 15 9 11 14 12 10 12 11 17
Drug Intoxication 9 14 13 18 21 26 28 42 41 42
Asphyxiation 32 29 45 39 45 36 33 61 62 61
Cardiovascular 27 44 61 50 63 65 59 69 105 99
Gunshot/Stab 272 258 313 309 329 320 335 355 393 377
Blunt Injury 538 603 628 668 715 793 753 806 842 818
SIDS - 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke 382 431 495 547 561 547 489 585 513 527
Natural Causes - - 4 10 5 14 13 16 10 14
Other 41 51 45 41 48 49 42 52 51 57
Unknown 4 10 4 - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Drowning 0.7% 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 0.3% 0.9% 0.7% 0.6%
Seizure 0.6% 1.0% 0.6% 0.6% 0.8% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.8%
Drug Intoxication 0.7% 1.0% 0.8% 1.1% 1.2% 1.4% 1.6% 2.1% 2.0% 2.1%
Asphyxiation 2.4% 2.0% 2.8% 2.3% 2.5% 1.9% 1.9% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0%
Cardiovascular 2.0% 3.0% 3.7% 2.9% 3.5% 3.5% 3.3% 3.4% 5.1% 4.9%
Gunshot/Stab 20.6% 17.6% 19.2% 18.2% 18.1% 17.1% 18.9% 17.6% 19.2% 18.6%
Blunt Injury 40.7% 41.2% 38.6% 39.3% 39.4% 42.4% 42.5% 40.0% 41.2% 40.4%
SIDS - 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke 28.9% 29.5% 30.4% 32.2% 30.9% 29.2% 27.6% 29.0% 25.1% 26.0%
Natural Causes - - 0.2% 0.6% 0.3% 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 0.5% 0.7%
Other 3.1% 3.5% 2.8% 2.4% 2.6% 2.6% 2.4% 2.6% 2.5% 2.8%
Unknown 0.3% 0.7% 0.2% - - - - - - -


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.