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Table 4
Characteristics of all recovered donors by time interval
Date: 01/01/2001 - 12/31/2002
Donation Service Area served by New England Organ Bank
Organ:  All
Recovered Donor Population in this DSA Recovered Donor Population in the U.S.
01/01/2001 to 01/01/2002 to 01/01/2001 to 01/01/2002 to
Characteristic* 12/31/2001 12/31/2002 12/31/2001 12/31/2002
Number of Donors 215 195 6,082 6,182
Race (%)
White 93.0 90.3 84.5 83.9
African-American 4.2 8.7 12.4 12.9
Asian 1.4 1.0 2.3 2.0
Other 1.4 0.0 0.7 1.0
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Ethnicity (%)
Hispanic 7.4 6.7 12.1 12.2
Non-Hispanic 92.6 93.3 87.9 87.8
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Age (%)
<2 years 1.4 0.5 2.6 2.2
2-10 years 2.3 4.1 5.1 4.5
11-17 years 3.7 4.6 8.4 8.4
18-34 years 26.0 24.6 26.1 27.5
35-49 years 28.4 30.3 26.3 26.0
50-64 years 22.8 26.7 22.9 22.7
65+ years 15.3 9.2 8.6 8.6
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender (%)
Male 63.3 59.0 58.8 59.6
Female 36.7 41.0 41.2 40.4
Blood Type (%)
O 48.8 41.0 47.1 47.1
A 39.5 44.6 38.1 38.4
B 7.0 11.8 11.5 11.1
AB 4.7 2.6 3.3 3.4
Cause of Death (%)
Anoxia 10.2 10.8 11.5 12.0
Stroke 42.3 51.8 43.2 42.2
CNS Tumor 0.0 1.0 0.9 0.9
Head Trauma 45.6 34.9 41.9 42.0
Other 1.9 1.5 2.5 2.4
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
% Donors After Cardiac Death (DCD)   5.6 6.2   2.8 3.1
*  Percentages add to 100% for each characteristic.
Based on data available as of 04/30/2003.  Release at www.ustransplant.org on 07/09/2003.
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