Table 1.

 Characteristics of potential donors

	All (n=201)	Routine request (n=101)	Collaborative request (n=100)
Median (IQR) age (years)*	47.4 (34.2-58.1)	43.3 (31.8-54.8)	48.8 (37.6-60.6)
No (%) below age 18*	13 (6.5)	7	6
Sex male (%)*	103 (51.5)	55	48
Ethnicity (%)†:
White	180 (91.8)	91	89
Asian/Asian British	7 (3.6)	3	4
Black/Black British	6 (3.1)	5	1
Chinese/oriental	2 (1.0)	0	2
Other	1 (0.5)	0	1
Cause of death (%)‡:
Trauma	45 (23.2)	23	22
Non-trauma	149 (76.8)	74	75
On UK organ donor register (%)§	31 (15.7)	18	13
Not on register but known to have given verbal or written consent to organ donation (%)¶	25 (15.0)	15	10

IQR=interquartile range.

*Missing for 1 patient in collaborative group.

†Missing for 5 patients; 2 in routine group, 3 in collaborative group.

‡Missing for 7 patients; 4 in routine group; 3 in collaborative group.

§Missing for 3 patients; 1 in routine group; 2 in collaborative group.

¶Calculated from patients known not to be on organ donor register.