Acording to the Australia and New Zealand Organ Donation Registry . . .
In Australia in 2002 . . .

• There were: 206 donors (10 donors per million population [dpmp]) with 372 kidneys, 188 livers, 73 hearts, 66 double and 25 single lungs, and 25 pancreas transplanted into recipients. In addition there were 194 corneas, 54 heart valves and 7 bone donations which were sent to the appropriate tissue bank.
• The highest donor rate was in South Australia (20 dpmp), in Tasmania (13 dpmp) and the lowest in New South Wales and Western Australia (8 dpmp).
• The mean age of donors was 38.7 years, with an age range of 0.01 - 78.8 years.
• 51 % of donors with a known occupation were classified as student, blue collar and professional workers. The majority of donors were Caucasoid and their religion was recorded as Christian.
• The major cause of death of donors was cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in 48%. Road trauma caused 26% of all donor deaths.
• Consent for organ donation was sought in 57% of cases by the Intensive Care Unit Clinician, volunteered by the family in 10% of cases and sought by the Donor Coordinator in 30% of cases. Coronial inquiries were required in 45% of all donors in 2002.
• The donation of more than one organ occurred in 81 % of donors. The average number of organs transplanted from each donor was 3.5.
• The consent rates for specific organs were: kidneys 100%, livers 99%, hearts 97%, lungs 96% and pancreas 91%.
• From donors where organs had been retrieved, 98% of kidneys, 95% of livers, 94% of hearts, 95% of lungs and 55% of pancreas were actually transplanted.
• Australia sent 11 livers and 1 heart to New Zealand.