Table 6.
Data on donor age and storage method of the 74 European eye banks listed in the EEBA's 2001 register.30 43 of the 74 banks procure corneas over the age of 85 years, with the extreme of 104 years of age being in the bank of Barcelona (Spain). Mean donor age range of 36–77 years. Note that only three banks have mean ages that exceed our own in this study: 74, 75, and 77 years for, respectively, the banks of Barcelona, Ravenna (Italy), and Berlin University (Germany)
| Country | Town | Storage methods | Average age (years) | Min age | Max age | Received corneas |
| Austria | Graz | OC | 67 | 27 | 89 | 101 |
| Innsbruck | OC/4°C | 58 | 15 | 87 | 102 | |
| Salzburg | OC | 63 | 31 | 91 | 264 | |
| Vienna | OC/4°C | 56 | 19 | 88 | 666 | |
| Belgium | Edegem | OC | 69 | 14 | 90 | 178 |
| Gent | OC/4°C | 54 | 16 | 95 | 95 | |
| Leuven | OC | 58 | 18 | 79 | 213 | |
| Liége | 4°C | 70 | 18 | 89 | 443 | |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | 4°C | 51 | 18 | 76 | 424 |
| Croatia | Zagreb | OC/4°C | 45 | 10 | 78 | 105 |
| Czech Republic | Prague | 4°C | 50 | 5 | 65 | 965 |
| Denmark | Arhus | OC | 71 | 17 | 98 | 804 |
| France | Besançon | OC | 61 | 8 | 94 | 473 |
| Bordeaux | OC | 49 | 17 | 76 | 107 | |
| Brest | OC/4°C | 64 | 5 | 89 | 236 | |
| Clermont-Ferrand | OC | 68 | 18 | 94 | 115 | |
| Dijon | OC | 64 | 19 | 96 | 62 | |
| Grenoble | OC | 62 | 15 | 93 | 198 | |
| Lille | OC | 55 | nc | nc | 118 | |
| Limoges | OC | 64 | 19 | 96 | 129 | |
| Paris Banque Française | OC | nc | nc | nc | 691 | |
| Paris St Antoine | OC | 72 | 26 | 97 | 544 | |
| Poitiers | OC | 54 | 17 | 84 | 65 | |
| Rouen | OC | 58 | 21 | 87 | 124 | |
| St Etienne | OC | 67 | 21 | 97 | 218 | |
| Tours | OC | 71 | 37 | 91 | 162 | |
| Germany | Aachen | OC | 61 | 7 | 87 | 462 |
| Berlin Charity | OC/4°C | 54 | 6 | 86 | 155 | |
| Berlin University | 4°C | 77 | 68 | 88 | 16 | |
| Dusseldorf | OC | 62 | 0 | 99 | 773 | |
| Erlangen | 4°C | 62 | 8 | 91 | 336 | |
| Essen | OC | 57 | 22 | 87 | 80 | |
| Greifswald | OC | 57 | 18 | 79 | 46 | |
| Halle-Saale | OC | 58 | 17 | 89 | 150 | |
| Hamburg | OC | 65 | 24 | 91 | 723 | |
| Hanover | OC | 59 | 26 | 85 | 136 | |
| Homburg | OC/4°C | 61 | 19 | 88 | 109 | |
| Kiel | OC | 65 | 7 | 94 | 413 | |
| Munich | OC/4°C | 58 | 10 | 75 | 1078 | |
| Munster | OC | 47 | 20 | 72 | 136 | |
| Wiesbaden | OC/4°C | nc | nc | nc | nc | |
| Greece | Thessaloniki | 4°C | 46 | 15 | 70 | 58 |
| Hungary | Budapest | OC | 59 | 17 | 87 | 747 |
| Debrecen | 4°C | 67 | 43 | 89 | 152 | |
| Ireland | Dublin | OC | 41 | 5 | 81 | 102 |
| Israel | Tel Hashomer | 4°C | 62 | 17 | 81 | 164 |
| Italy | Bologna | 4°C | nc | nc | nc | nc |
| Cosenza | 4°C | nc | nc | nc | 26 | |
| Lucca | 4°C | nc | nc | nc | 1967 | |
| Monza | 4°C | 62 | 12 | 92 | 760 | |
| Pavia | 4°C | 60 | 9 | 90 | 330 | |
| Ravenna | 4°C | 75 | nc | nc | 161 | |
| Venice | OC/4°C | 66 | 1 | 99 | 4206 | |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | OC | 63 | 5 | 80 | 2381 |
| Poland | Lublin | 4°C | 49 | 17 | 72 | 387 |
| Warsaw | OC/4°C | 56 | 17 | 87 | 282 | |
| Russia | Moscow | 4°C | 42 | 18 | 62 | 717 |
| Russia | Moscow | 4°C | 42 | 18 | 62 | 717 |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 4°C | 51 | 20 | 77 | 567 |
| Spain | Barcelona | OC/4°C | 74 | 7 | 104 | 1656 |
| Oviedo | 4°C | 45 | 14 | 61 | 81 | |
| Santander | 4°C | 42 | 17 | 69 | 20 | |
| Sweden | Molndal | OC | 69 | 25 | 89 | 166 |
| Lund | OC | 58 | 32 | 84 | 63 | |
| Orebro | OC | 71 | 18 | 90 | 214 | |
| Stockholm | OC | 68 | 19 | 94 | 112 | |
| Switzerland | Berne | OC | 52 | 3 | 80 | 172 |
| Lausanne | OC | 59 | 8 | 94 | 120 | |
| Zurich | OC/4°C | 70 | 22 | 95 | 370 | |
| Turkey | Istanbul | 4°C | 36 | 5 | 77 | 221 |
| UK | Bristol | OC | 61 | 0 | 101 | 2149 |
| East Grinstead | 4°C | 66 | 17 | 92 | 481 | |
| London Keratec Bank | OC | 69 | 11 | 87 | 209 | |
| London Moorfields | 4°C | 62 | 4 | 92 | 535 | |
| Manchester | OC | 63 | 1 | 93 | 1191 |
OC = organ culture, 4°C=+4°C storage, nc = not communicated.