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.