Table 2.5

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Intestine Donors

Donor Gender	Year
Donor Gender	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	72	78	95	87	115	112	122	166	184	184
Female	26	29	33	38	39	60	49	68	76	81
Male	46	49	62	49	76	52	73	98	108	103
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Female	36.1%	37.2%	34.7%	43.7%	33.9%	53.6%	40.2%	41.0%	41.3%	44.0%
Male	63.9%	62.8%	65.3%	56.3%	66.1%	46.4%	59.8%	59.0%	58.7%	56.0%

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.