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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 January 2010

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  303 369 22.50% 0.36%
VIC  323 809 24.01% 0.49%
QLD  287 798 21.34% 0.39%
SA  135 163 9.99% 0.86%
WA  219 224 16.24% 0.64%
TAS  41 742 3.10% 0.47%
NT  10 127 0.75% 0.98%
ACT  27 155 2.01% 0.81%
TOTAL 1 348 387 100.00% 0.51%
 Age Group - Female
State 16-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW   164  10 323  26 935  34 462  32 798  35 428  40 640  180 750 6.29%
VIC   320  21 776  43 034  42 255  33 729  30 000  27 665  198 779 9.01%
QLD   370  15 588  31 794  35 295  33 545  31 558  27 527  175 677 10.09%
SA  1 813  11 015  11 964  13 492  13 400  13 926  14 788  80 398 12.04%
WA   199  15 605  27 100  27 386  24 822  21 149  17 720  133 981 15.32%
TAS   58  2 495  4 248  4 965  5 128  5 013  3 822  25 729 12.62%
NT   15   707  1 763  1 526  1 215   819   341  6 386 7.91%
ACT   59  1 932  3 950  3 413  2 753  2 438  1 961  16 506 11.56%
Total  2 998  79 441  150 788  162 794  147 390  140 331  134 464  818 206 9.31%
 Age Group - Male
State 16-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW   80  5 496 12 521 20 942 22 029 25 598 35 953 122 619 4.42%
VIC   109  9 068 21 200 26 341 23 099 21 722 23 491 125 030 5.87%
QLD   121 6 427 13 971 20 670 21 905 23 431 25 596 112 121 6.53%
SA  1 853  6 584  6 132  8 381  9 068  9 848  12 899  54 765 8.54%
WA   82 6 884 13 172 16 635 16 582 15 881 16 007 85 243 9.53%
TAS   21 1 021 2 048 2 644  3 161 3 643 3 475 16 013 8.25%
NT   3   230 695 879 837 730 367 3 741 4.29%
ACT   7 870 2 087 2 232 1 989 1 828 1 636 10 649 7.64%
Total  2 276  36 580  71 826  98 724  98 670  102 681  119 424  530 181 6.18%

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 = 13 199 and 16-17 years = 13.

Intent Registrations as at 31 January 2010

State Grand Total State % of Total % Variance from
NSW 2 025 125 47.26% -0.05%
VIC  442 199 10.32% -0.08%
QLD 625 147 14.59% -0.07%
SA 554 437 12.94% 0.15%
WA 460 371 10.74% -0.17%
TAS 145 365 3.39% -0.09%
NT 7 752 0.18% -0.10%
ACT 24 824 0.58% -0.15%
Total 4 285 220 100.00% -0.04%
 Age Group - Female
State 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW  42 337  206 563  240 555  220 301  155 091  125 495  990 342 34.44%
VIC  7 897  63 111  60 984  52 610  37 527  29 477  251 606 11.40%
QLD  35 779  84 680  76 020  51 724  31 890  19 582  299 675 17.22%
SA  26 136  56 867  56 959  55 933  42 460  32 713  271 068 40.58%
WA  3 186  40 679  59 078  54 803  39 727  32 124  229 597 26.25%
TAS   730  11 794  17 401  17 956  12 792  11 337  72 010 35.33%
NT   205  1 006  1 368   988   580   227  4 374 5.42%
ACT   643  3 292  3 634  3 096  2 132  1 510  14 307 10.02%
Total  116 913  467 992  515 999  457 411  322 199  252 465 2 132 979 24.26%
 Age Group - Male
STATE 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW  43 154  200 913  237 470  226 950  172 537  153 726 1 034 750 37.28%
VIC  4 990  43 052  42 840  40 803  29 524  25 471  186 680 8.76%
QLD  37 665  93 940  81 868  54 750  34 046  23 201  325 470 18.96%
SA  27 558  57 655  56 485  56 283  45 608  39 509  283 098 44.13%
WA  1 809  37 551  57 400  54 503  41 772  36 421  229 456 25.66%
TAS   379  11 019  17 108  17 725  13 830  13 294  73 355 37.81%
NT   101   459  1 052   895   596   275  3 378 3.87%
ACT   353  1 802  2 784  2 413  1 837  1 328  10 517 7.54%
Total  116 009  446 391  497 007  454 322  339 750  293 225 2 146 704 25.03%

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 + 5 537 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 = 3 609.

Last updated: 24 February, 2010