Table 3.
Living donor causes of death for donors donating from October 25, 1999 through December 31, 2008
| Cause of Death | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| ALS | 1 | 0.68 |
| Accidental head trauma | 3 | 2.05 |
| Acute hemorrhage | 1 | 0.68 |
| Aneurysm | 1 | 0.68 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 1 | 0.68 |
| Cancer | 13 | 8.90 |
| Cancer/cause of death unconfirmed | 2 | 1.37 |
| Cardiovascular | 4 | 2.74 |
| Drowning accident | 1 | 0.68 |
| Drug overdose | 1 | 0.68 |
| Embolism | 1 | 0.68 |
| Guillain-Barre syndrome | 1 | 0.68 |
| Gunshot wound | 1 | 0.68 |
| Heart attack | 3 | 2.05 |
| Homicide | 4 | 2.74 |
| Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | 1 | 0.68 |
| Industrial related | 1 | 0.68 |
| Infection | 1 | 0.68 |
| Motor vehicle accident | 9 | 6.16 |
| Not donation related | 1 | 0.68 |
| Pancreatitis | 1 | 0.68 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 1 | 0.68 |
| Respiratory failure | 1 | 0.68 |
| Sleep apnea/suffocation | 1 | 0.68 |
| Suicide | 7 | 4.79 |
| Suspected drug abuse | 1 | 0.68 |
| Unknown | 82 | 56.16 |
| Work-related accident | 1 | 0.68 |