Cause of death in each donor group
| Era* | Cause of death; no. of donors† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVA or stroke | Head trauma | Anoxia | Other‡ | Total | |
| NDD donors | |||||
| Pre-DCD | 309 | 174 | 45 | 50 | 578 |
| Early DCD | 366 | 168 | 85 | 60 | 679 |
| Recent DCD | 360 | 140 | 178 | 34 | 712 |
| Total, no. (%) of NDD donors | 1035 (53) | 482 (24) | 308 (16) | 144 (7) | 1969 |
| DCD donors | |||||
| Pre-DCD | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Early DCD | 30 | 28 | 35 | 3 | 96 |
| Recent DCD | 42 | 56 | 83 | 12 | 193 |
| Total, no. (%) of DCD donors | 72 (25) | 84 (29) | 118 (41) | 15 (5) | 289 |
Note: CVA = cerebrovascular accident, DCD = donation after circulatory determination of death, NA = not available, NDD = neurologic determination of death.
↵* The 4-year eras of the study are defined as follows: pre-DCD = 2002/03 to 2005/06, early DCD = 2006/07 to 2009/10, recent DCD = 2010/11 to 2013/14, with all fiscal years beginning in April and ending in March.
↵† Except where indicated otherwise.
↵‡ Cancer, cardiac death, central nervous system tumour, other cause of death, unknown cause of death or no data.