Characteristics of brain death donors
Characteristics | Value |
---|---|
Sex | |
Male | 316 (70.4) |
Female | 133 (29.6) |
Age (yr) | 52.5 (74–81) |
Blood type (%) | |
Type A | 31.4 |
Type B | 26.7 |
Type AB | 27.4 |
Cause of brain death | |
Cerebrovascular disease | 159 (35.4) |
Hypoxic brain injury | 164 (36.5) |
Head trauma | 120 (26.7) |
Type of brain death | |
Traumatic | 128 (28.5) |
Nontraumatic | 321 (71.5) |
No. of donors according to city type (pmp) | |
Metropolitan city |
8.09 |
Other local government |
9.17 |
No. of recipients according to city type (pmp) | |
Metropolitan city | 32.7 |
Other local government | 26.3 |
Values are presented as number (%) or average (range).
pmp, per million population.
a)Metropolitan city including Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Gwangju, Incheon, Ulsan; b)Other local government including Gyeonggi, Ganwon, Chungbuk, Chungnam, Jeonbuk, Jeonnam, Gyeongbuk, Gyeongnam, Jeju.