Table 2.7

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Lung Donors

Donor Blood Type Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 836 764 777 825 887 920 961 1,064 1,285 1,325
O 425 383 372 398 417 453 490 568 676 680
A 308 279 301 314 337 352 371 352 444 488
B 76 91 84 98 115 93 88 128 133 129
AB 27 11 20 15 18 22 12 16 32 28
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
O 50.8% 50.1% 47.9% 48.2% 47.0% 49.2% 51.0% 53.4% 52.6% 51.3%
A 36.8% 36.5% 38.7% 38.1% 38.0% 38.3% 38.6% 33.1% 34.6% 36.8%
B 9.1% 11.9% 10.8% 11.9% 13.0% 10.1% 9.2% 12.0% 10.4% 9.7%
AB 3.2% 1.4% 2.6% 1.8% 2.0% 2.4% 1.2% 1.5% 2.5% 2.1%


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.

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.