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Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Kidney Donors

Age		Year
Age		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total		5,489	5,528	5,638	5,753	6,325	6,700	7,178	7,241	7,188	7,248
Age	Mean	37.8	37.4	37.6	38.6	38.7	39.6	39.5	39.6	40.0	39.9
Age	SD	18.6	18.5	18.5	18.1	18.2	18.2	18.3	18.2	18.2	18.2

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(%) = 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.

Donors are divided into four mutually exclusive and complete categories. All donors meeting the criteria for Expanded

Criteria Donors for Kidney are classified as ECD, regardless of whether the kidneys were allocated under the ECD system, falling

into either the ECD or the ECD-DCD category. Non-ECDs include all other donors, including SCDs and "DCD non-ECDs".

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.