Table 2.6

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart Donors

Donor Blood Type Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 2,426 2,447 2,316 2,284 2,276 2,223 2,120 2,096 2,220 2,275
O 1,240 1,253 1,177 1,144 1,139 1,127 1,115 1,085 1,166 1,202
A 883 896 839 864 854 839 760 752 796 802
B 231 246 234 223 228 208 213 221 220 235
AB 72 52 66 53 55 49 32 38 38 36
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
O 51.1% 51.2% 50.8% 50.1% 50.0% 50.7% 52.6% 51.8% 52.5% 52.8%
A 36.4% 36.6% 36.2% 37.8% 37.5% 37.7% 35.8% 35.9% 35.9% 35.3%
B 9.5% 10.1% 10.1% 9.8% 10.0% 9.4% 10.0% 10.5% 9.9% 10.3%
AB 3.0% 2.1% 2.8% 2.3% 2.4% 2.2% 1.5% 1.8% 1.7% 1.6%


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.