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Table 2.2

Deceased Donor Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Kidney Donors

Mechanism of Death Year
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
Drowning 37 53 36 28 57 50 64 52 71 78
Seizure 35 35 31 48 39 50 64 64 72 63
Drug Intoxication 47 65 80 107 156 134 196 234 240 277
Asphyxiation 118 127 123 105 140 152 175 177 218 255
Cardiovascular 273 330 354 407 498 593 616 718 803 840
Gunshot/Stab 587 597 573 601 629 731 703 720 757 715
Blunt Injury 1,686 1,645 1,734 1,711 1,817 1,867 2,014 1,951 1,745 1,678
SIDS 2 2 1 1 1 3 6 6 3 9
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke 2,537 2,479 2,509 2,516 2,769 2,850 3,044 2,987 2,888 2,921
Natural Causes 34 50 60 83 74 74 75 87 115 159
Other 132 144 137 146 144 196 221 245 276 253
Unknown 1 1 - - 1 - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Drowning 0.7% 1.0% 0.6% 0.5% 0.9% 0.7% 0.9% 0.7% 1.0% 1.1%
Seizure 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.8% 0.6% 0.7% 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 0.9%
Drug Intoxication 0.9% 1.2% 1.4% 1.9% 2.5% 2.0% 2.7% 3.2% 3.3% 3.8%
Asphyxiation 2.1% 2.3% 2.2% 1.8% 2.2% 2.3% 2.4% 2.4% 3.0% 3.5%
Cardiovascular 5.0% 6.0% 6.3% 7.1% 7.9% 8.9% 8.6% 9.9% 11.2% 11.6%
Gunshot/Stab 10.7% 10.8% 10.2% 10.4% 9.9% 10.9% 9.8% 9.9% 10.5% 9.9%
Blunt Injury 30.7% 29.8% 30.8% 29.7% 28.7% 27.9% 28.1% 26.9% 24.3% 23.2%
SIDS 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
Intracranial Hemorrhage/Stroke 46.2% 44.8% 44.5% 43.7% 43.8% 42.5% 42.4% 41.3% 40.2% 40.3%
Natural Causes 0.6% 0.9% 1.1% 1.4% 1.2% 1.1% 1.0% 1.2% 1.6% 2.2%
Other 2.4% 2.6% 2.4% 2.5% 2.3% 2.9% 3.1% 3.4% 3.8% 3.5%
Unknown 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0% - - - - -


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.