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May 2009

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The Australian Organ Donor Register is administered by Medicare Australia on behalf of the Australian Government and provides a simple way for people to record their consent (or objection) to becoming an organ and/or tissue donor for transplantation. The purpose of the national register is to help raise the profile of organ donation in Australia. It is intended to make people more aware of organ donation, which is expected to lead to an increase in the number of individual donors in Australia.

The tables below hold the number of people who have registered their decision in regard to organ and tissue donation on the Australian Organ Donor Register by age group, state and gender.

Legally Valid Consent Registrations (including Intent Registrations of 16 and 17 year olds) as at 31 May 2009

State Total Legally Valid Consent Registrations (Including Intent Registrations of 16 & 17 year olds) State % of Legally Valid Consent Registrations (Including Intent Registrations of 16 & 17 year olds) % Variance from previous month
NSW  291 929 22.83% 0.48%
VIC  307 123 24.02% 0.67%
QLD  275 281 21.53% 0.49%
SA  125 145 9.79% 1.14%
WA  204 611 16.00% 0.96%
TAS  40 234 3.15% 0.55%
NT  9 276 0.73% 1.38%
ACT  25 188 1.97% 1.16%
TOTAL 1 278 787 100.00% 0.69%
Age Group - Female
State 16-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW   207  10 672  25 987  32 743  31 562  34 168  37 811  173 150 6.14%
VIC   391  21 794  40 057  39 451  32 123  28 613  25 532  187 961 8.72%
QLD   391  15 518  30 230  33 521  32 062  30 105  25 371  167 198 9.88%
SA  1 882  10 107  10 943  12 426  12 469  13 095  13 399  74 321 11.28%
WA   255  15 077  25 397  25 493  23 214  19 525  16 057  125 018 14.77%
TAS   99  2 511  4 089  4 770  4 974  4 763  3 547  24 753 12.27%
NT   13   662  1 607  1 391  1 120   757   292  5 842 7.43%
ACT   80  1 890  3 627  3 181  2 541  2 239  1 768  15 326 10.93%
Total  3 318  78 231  141 937  152 976  140 065  133 265  123 777  773 569 9.00%
Age Group - Male
State 16-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW   120  5 774  12 342  20 209  21 379  24 949  34 006  118 779 4.37%
VIC   144  9 247  19 955  24 920  22 180  20 871  21 845  119 162 5.75%
QLD   135  6 540  13 636  20 013  21 136  22 712  23 911  108 083 6.50%
SA  1 896  5 955  5 624  7 746  8 488  9 297  11 818  50 824 8.04%
WA   117  6 655  12 377  15 738  15 328  14 806  14 572  79 593 9.28%
TAS   37  1 031  1 983  2 605  3 114  3 452  3 259  15 481 8.06%
NT   3   214   670   798   778   652   319  3 434 4.00%
ACT   15   855  1 907  2 100  1 835  1 683  1 467  9 862 7.25%
Total  2 467  36 271  68 494  94 129  94 238  98 422  111 197  505 218 6.04%

Note:

  1. % of ABS Estimated Population = Gender Total/ABS Estimated Gender Population. Please note: Excludes estimated population of 0-15 year old residents.
  2. Legally valid Consent Registrations (Including Intent Registrations of 16 & 17 year olds) = Female Total + Male Total.
  3. State % of Legally Valid Consent Registrations (Including Intent Registrations of 16 & 17 year olds) = Total Legally Valid Consent Registrations (Including Intent Registrations of 16 & 17 year olds) for State / Total Legally Valid Consent Registrations
  4. State % of Total Consent Registrations = Grand Total Consent Registrations for State/Grand Total Consent Registrations.
  5. Other = Cocos Island, Norfolk Island and Christmas Island.
  6. The above tables include registrants who have registered their objection to donate - 18 years & above = 12 179 and 16-17 years = 18.

Intent Registrations as at 31 May 2009

State Grand Total State % of Total % Variance from
NSW 2 034 066 47.24% -0.07%
VIC  445 335 10.34% -0.12%
QLD  628 777 14.60% -0.08%
SA  550 450 12.78% 0.47%
WA  467 941 10.87% -0.23%
TAS  146 334 3.40% -0.12%
NT  7 968 0.19% -0.26%
ACT  25 197 0.59% -0.33%
Total 4 306 068 100.00% -0.03%
Age Group - Female
State 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW  54 604  211 266  241 339  218 782  150 752  118 991  995 734 35.33%
VIC  10 721  64 798  61 784  51 622  36 609  28 152  253 686 11.78%
QLD  43 578  83 041  75 276  50 539  30 939  18 525  301 898 17.84%
SA  28 201  56 347  57 120  55 761  41 554  31 087  270 070 40.99%
WA  4 475  43 929  60 255  55 300  39 222  30 798  233 979 27.64%
TAS  1 002  12 753  17 608  17 939  12 478  10 825  72 605 36.00%
NT   249  1 091  1 381  1 009   567   216  4 513 5.74%
ACT   788  3 445  3 597  3 103  2 147  1 450  14 530 10.37%
Total  143 618  476 670  518 360  454 055  314 268  240 044 2 147 015 24.99%
Age Group - Male
STATE 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW  55 203  204 725  238 288  225 498  168 471  146 114 1 038 299 38.19%
VIC  7 186  43 648  43 603  39 911  28 926  24 443  187 717 9.06%
QLD  45 711  92 384  80 360  53 307  33 140  21 975  326 877 19.64%
SA  29 264  56 628  56 037  56 011  44 497  37 633  280 070 44.28%
WA  2 835  40 481  58 192  54 862  41 304  34 960  232 634 27.13%
TAS   594  11 967  17 228  17 737  13 491  12 712  73 729 38.39%
NT   130   493  1 097   902   572   261  3 455 4.02%
ACT   406  1 933  2 775  2 453  1 818  1 282  10 667 7.84%
Total  141 329  452 259  497 580  450 681  332 219  279 380 2 153 448 25.76%

Note:

  1. % of ABS Estimated Population = Gender Total/ABS Estimated Gender Population. Please note: Excludes estimated population for 0-15 year old residents.
  2. Grand Total Intent Registrations = Female Total + Male Total + 5 605 Registrations that have no Gender.
  3. State % of Total Intent Registrations = Grand Total Intent Registrations for State/Grand Total Intent Registrations.
  4. Other = Cocos Island, Norfolk Island and Christmas Island.
  5. Negative Variance occurs due to: intent registration being strengthened to consent, registration end-dated due to death or by request, registrant moved to another state.
  6. The above tables include registrants who DO NOT wish to donate = 3 548.

Disclaimer: view the Medicare Australia statistical information disclaimer.

Last updated: 24 June, 2009