title: OPTN/SRTR 2013 Annual Data Report: deceased organ donation.
abstract: The status of deceased organ donation is assessed using metrics such as donation/conversation rate, organ yield, and rate of organs recovered for transplant and not transplanted. These metrics are based on eligible deaths (brain death of a person aged 70 years or younger) as well as on actual donors. The 9132 eligible deaths reported in 2013 represented a slight increase over 2012. The donation/conversion rate was 71.3 eligible donors per 100 eligible deaths, a slight decline from 2012, and varied by donation service area from 50.0 to 87.0. The number of organs recovered per donor, 3.55, also varied by donation service area, from 2.79 to 4.10. The mean number of organs transplanted per donor was 3.08 in 2013, slightly higher than 3.02 in 2012. The mean observed/expected organ yield ratio for kidneys varied from 0.86 to 1.18; for pancreata, from 0.29 to 2.59; for livers, from 0.69 to 1.17; for hearts, from 0.68 to 1.41; and for lungs, from 0.33 to 1.41. The rate of organs recovered for transplant and not transplanted in 2013 for all organs combined was 0.13 per recovered organ, slightly lower than the rate of 0.14 in 2012.
authors.affiliation: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Israni
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Zaun
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rosendale
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Kasiske
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000847:Annual Reports as Topic; D001926:Brain Death; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014481:United States
keywords: Deceased organ donation; donation/conversion rate; organ yield