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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 July 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  313 700 22.9% 0.61%
VIC  339 097 24.10% 1.02%
QLD  297 550 21.15% 0.63%
SA  142 674 10.14% 0.97%
WA  230 202 16.36% 0.85%
TAS  43 844 3.12% 0.60%
NT  10 901 0.77% 1.79%
ACT  29 160 2.07% 1.41%
TOTAL 1 407 128 100.00% 0.81%
 Age Group - Female
State 16-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW   149  10 311  28 085  35 979  33 837  36 522  42 796  187 679 6.53%
VIC   352  22 683  45 711  44 585  35 1045  31 173  29 392  209 000 9.47%
QLD   383  15 867  32 869  36 835  34 667  32 418  29 240  182 279 10.47%
SA  1 746  11 699  12 813  14 230  14 092  14 695  15 788  85 063 12.73%
WA   215  16 040  28 575  28 783  25 955  22 318  18 947  140 833 16.10%
TAS   100  2 619  4 541  5 244  5 371  5 250  4 058  27 183 13.34%
NT   17   763  1 890  1 627  1 322   914   374  6 907 8.55%
ACT   42  2 089  4 316  3 641  2 964  2 577  2 116  17 745 12.43%
Total  3 004  82 071  158 800  170 924  153 312  145 867  142 711  856 689 9.74%
 Age Group - Male
NSW   68 5 315 12 951 21 499 22 593 26 162 37 433 126 021 4.54%
VIC   104 9 143 22 303 27 540 23 895 22 450 24 662 130 097 6.11%
QLD   120 6 442 14 237 21 249 22 435 23 947 26 841 115 271 6.72%
SA  1 802 6 982 6 515 8 785 9 493 10 368 13 666 57 611 8.98%
WA 82 7 002 13 876 17 384 17 316 16 731 16 978 89 369 10.00%
TAS 20 1 022 2 149 2 755 3 271 3 763 3 681 16 661 8.59%
NT 5 242 726 934 907 780 400 3 994 4.58%
ACT 15 896 2 248 2 393 2 143 1 944 1 776 11 415 8.19%
Total 2 216 37 044 75 005 102 539 102 053 106 145 125 437 550 439 6.42%

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 = 13 948 and 16-17 years = 12.

Intent Registrations as at 31 July 2010

State Grand Total State % of Total % Variance from
NSW 2 017 952 47.22% -0.08%
VIC  440 342 10.30% -0.23%
QLD  623 319 14.59% -0.12%
SA  559 272 13.09% 0.16%
WA  455 718 10.66% -0.19%
TAS  144 368 3.38% -0.11%
NT  7 575 0.18% -0.54%
ACT  24 717 0.58% 0.41%
Total 4 273 263 100.00% 0.09%
 Age Group - Female
State 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW  33 722 203 294 239 684 220 983 158 023 130 352 986 058 34.29%
VIC  6 684 61 570 60 540 53 034 38 225 30 413 250 466 11.35%
QLD 30 373 85 926 76 606 52 640 32 576 20 523 298 644 17.16%
SA 25 071 57 322 57 136 56 082 43 088 34 007 272 706 40.83%
WA 2 684 38 041 58 319 54 585 40 122 33 127 226 878 25.94%
TAS 608 11 090 17 167 17 846 12 928 11 756 71 395 35.02%
NT 192 955 1 323 988 583 225 4 266 5.28%
ACT 605 3 201 3 708 3 084 2 143 1 555 14 296 10.01%
Total 99 939 461 399 514 483 459 242 327 688 261 958 2 124 709 24.16%
 Age Group - Male
STATE 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW  34 379 198 325 236 695 227 469 175 297 159 696 1 031 861 37.18%
VIC 3 994 42 273 42 192 41 273 30 084 26 168 185 984 8.73%
QLD 31 752 95 241 82 857 55 855 34 732 24 236 324 673 18.92%
SA 26 709 58 600 56 980 56 684 46 400 40 951 286 324 44.63%
WA 1 537 35 024 56 867 54 427 42 156 37 515 227 526 25.45%
TAS 315 10 318 16 961 17 627 14 001 13 751 72 973 37.61%
NT 86 436 1 017 902 593 275 3 309 3.79%
ACT 321 1 711 2 770 2 412 1 835 1 372 10 421 7.48%
Total 99 093 441 928 496 339 456 649 345 098 303 964 2 143 071 24.98%

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 + 5 483 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 = 3 684.

Last updated: 23 August, 2010