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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 30 November 2008

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  282 633 23.18% 0.72%
VIC  292 300 23.97% 1.22%
QLD  265 500 21.78% 0.80%
SA  116 813 9.58% 1.65%
WA  191 308 15.69% 1.34%
TAS  38 898 3.19% 0.84%
NT  8 538 0.70% 1.21%
ACT  23 226 1.90% 1.03%
TOTAL 1 219 216 100.00% 1.06%
Age Group - Female
State 16-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW   257  10 773  25 160  31 400  30 443  33 143  35 814  166 990 6.08%
VIC   470  21 157  37 524  37 110  30 813  27 265  24 025  178 364 8.60%
QLD   443  15 347  29 102  32 063  30 896  28 874  23 872  160 597 10.05%
SA  2 409  9 169  10 081  11 442  11 483  12 187  12 369  69 140 10.88%
WA   306  14 312  23 716  23 975  21 599  18 159  14 789  116 856 14.43%
TAS   109  2 494  4 000  4 577  4 779  4 579  3 344  23 882 12.11%
NT   14   626  1 465  1 300   979   689   264  5 337 7.49%
ACT   67  1 757  3 319  2 951  2 350  2 082  1 585  14 111 10.60%
Total  4 075  75 635  134 367  144 818  133 342  126 978  116 062  735 277 8.89%
Age Group - Male
State 16-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW   140  5 875  12 160  19 598  20 783  24 537  32 550  115 643 4.32%
VIC   185  9 014  18 985  23 649  21 331  20 112  20 660  113 936 5.73%
QLD   160  6 552  13 386  19 466  20 543  22 013  22 783  104 903 6.64%
SA  2 369  5 404  5 204  7 177  7 767  8 761  10 991  47 673 7.75%
WA   129  6 280  11 598  14 876  14 293  13 729  13 547  74 452 9.22%
TAS   48  1 022  1 947  2 521  3 060  3 346  3 072  15 016 7.97%
NT   5   196   633   741   724   609   293  3 201 3.93%
ACT   21   810  1 742  1 933  1 705  1 568  1 336  9 115 7.08%
Total  3 057  35 153  65 655  89 961  90 206  94 675  105 232  483 939 6.00%

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 = 11 341 and 16-17 years = 17.

Intent Registrations as at 30 November 2008

State Grand Total State % of Total % Variance from
NSW 2 042 476 47.22% -0.08%
VIC  449 245 10.39% -0.22%
QLD  632 057 14.61% -0.10%
SA  545 571 12.61% -0.28%
WA  475 122 10.98% -0.26%
TAS  147 280 3.40% -0.15%
NT  8 145 0.19% -0.46%
ACT  25 719 0.59% -0.19%
Total 4 325 615 100.00% -0.14%
Age Group - Female
State 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW  64 033  215 437  241 775  217 354  148 046  114 233 1 000 878 36.41%
VIC  13 735  65 977  61 934  50 993  36 356  27 280  256 275 12.35%
QLD  49 792  81 868  74 521  49 704  30 273  17 780  303 938 19.02%
SA  29 076  55 727  57 136  55 746  40 948  29 963  268 596 42.27%
WA  5 583  46 663  61 352  55 686  39 083  29 872  238 239 29.41%
TAS  1 244  13 427  17 779  17 951  12 288  10 462  73 151 37.08%
NT   291  1 136  1 409  1 019   574   212  4 641 6.51%
ACT   927  3 616  3 628  3 122  2 157  1 420  14 870 11.17%
Total  164 681  483 851  519 534  451 575  309 725  231 222 2 160 588 26.13%
Age Group - Male
STATE 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total % of ABS
NSW  64 282  208 249  238 641  224 342  165 449  140 601 1 041 564 38.91%
VIC  9 600  43 933  43 663  39 316  28 924  23 596  189 032 9.51%
QLD  52 123  91 208  78 999  52 091  32 579  21 117  328 117 20.76%
SA  29 869  55 598  55 495  55 523  43 872  36 250  276 607 44.98%
WA  3 663  42 838  58 884  54 952  41 229  33 976  235 542 29.17%
TAS   777  12 653  17 404  17 660  13 334  12 301  74 129 39.36%
NT   146   535  1 103   898   564   258  3 504 4.30%
ACT   454  2 025  2 801  2 479  1 839  1 251  10 849 8.42%
Total  160 914  457 039  496 990  447 261  327 790  269 350 2 159 344 26.77%

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 + 5 683 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 = 3 488.

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Last updated: 19 December, 2008

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