OPTN/SRTR 2023 Annual Data Report: Deceased Organ Donation

The Annual Data Report is created using data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) to calculate variables such as organs recovered per donor, organs transplanted per donor, and organs recovered for transplant but not transplanted (ie, nonuse). SRTR uses data collected by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. In 2023, there were 16,335 deceased donors, a 9.6% increase from 14,904 in 2022 and continuing the trend of increasing donors over the past decade. Donor characteristics have changed compared with 2013, with more donors with drug intoxication and cardiovascular mechanisms of death. In contrast, gunshot wound, blunt injury, and stroke have decreased as mechanisms of death in 2023 compared with 2013. The number of organs transplanted increased to 40,588 in 2023 (from 37,316 in 2022), including 10,818 left kidneys, 10,659 right kidneys, 372 en bloc kidneys, 917 pancreata, 9,910 livers, 95 intestines, 4,596 hearts, and 3,016 lungs. Compared with 2022, transplants of all organs increased. In 2023, 4,038 left kidneys, 4,220 right kidneys, 160 en block kidneys, 279 pancreata, 1,056 livers, 4 intestines, 68 hearts, and 260 lungs were not used. This nonuse of organs represents an opportunity to increase the number of transplants.