Table 2.4

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Liver Donors

Cause of Death Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 4,601 4,843 4,947 4,997 5,106 5,294 5,682 6,319 6,691 7,017
Anoxia 427 484 492 460 515 580 707 856 976 1,131
Cerebrovascular/Stroke 1,824 2,039 2,122 2,154 2,211 2,245 2,423 2,743 2,917 2,918
Head Trauma 2,189 2,172 2,142 2,193 2,216 2,309 2,366 2,548 2,625 2,769
CNS Tumor 56 44 48 59 44 49 42 55 55 51
Other 89 76 133 130 119 111 144 115 118 148
Unknown 16 28 10 1 1 - - 2 - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Anoxia 9.3% 10.0% 9.9% 9.2% 10.1% 11.0% 12.4% 13.5% 14.6% 16.1%
Cerebrovascular/Stroke 39.6% 42.1% 42.9% 43.1% 43.3% 42.4% 42.6% 43.4% 43.6% 41.6%
Head Trauma 47.6% 44.8% 43.3% 43.9% 43.4% 43.6% 41.6% 40.3% 39.2% 39.5%
CNS Tumor 1.2% 0.9% 1.0% 1.2% 0.9% 0.9% 0.7% 0.9% 0.8% 0.7%
Other 1.9% 1.6% 2.7% 2.6% 2.3% 2.1% 2.5% 1.8% 1.8% 2.1%
Unknown 0.3% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0% - -


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.