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AUSTRALIAN ORGAN DONOR REGISTER

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.

At 31 August 2007, more than 16,900 people in the ACT (6,700 males and 10,300 females) had registered on the Australian Organ Donor Register.

The 25-34 year age group had the highest number of registrations for ACT females (2,400), while the highest number of registrations for ACT males was in the 35-44 year age group (1,400). Nationally, 971,687 people (576,000 females and 395,700 males) have registered their consent (or objection) as organ and tissue donors.

7.7 Organ donor registrations(a)(b), By age group and sex - at 31 August 2007
		16-17 years	18-24 years	25-34 years	35-44 years	45-54 years	55-64 years	65 years and over	Total
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Males
	ACT	18	640	1 191	1 413	1 237	1 207	975	6 681
	NSW	104	5 770	10 997	17 364	18 105	21 124	27 147	100 611
	Vic.	162	7 461	15 095	19 329	17 802	16 703	16 659	93 211
	Qld	147	5 824	11 234	15 872	16 630	17 828	18 041	85 576
	SA	4 345	4 037	3 958	5 534	5 948	6 716	8 577	39 115
	WA	100	4 937	8 562	11 485	11 479	11 092	10 717	58 372
	Tas.	22	698	1 342	1 762	1 941	2 110	1 944	9 819
	NT	5	145	451	541	502	414	227	2 285
	Total	4 903	29 512	52 830	73 300	73 644	77 194	84 287	395 670
Females
	ACT	64	1 314	2 398	2 013	1 797	1 522	1 142	10 250
	NSW	234	9 830	21 122	26 300	25 324	27 609	29 221	139 640
	Vic.	495	16 406	27 937	29 110	24 922	21 972	19 069	139 911
	Qld	455	12 733	22 410	24 655	24 019	22 421	18 495	125 188
	SA	4 376	6 664	7 375	8 509	8 299	9 088	9 567	53 878
	WA	243	10 996	17 174	17 822	16 487	14 108	11 499	88 329
	Tas.	70	1 655	2 687	2 927	2 951	2 750	2 137	15 177
	NT	27	461	945	880	704	429	198	3 644
	Total	5 964	60 059	102 048	112 216	104 503	99 899	91 328	576 017
(a) Legally valid consent registrations (including intent registrations of 16 and 17 year olds).
(b) Includes registrants who have registered their objection to donate - 18 years & above = 9,203 and 16-17 years = 23.
Medicare Australia, Australian Organ Donor Register, Legally Valid Consent Registrations (including Intent Registrations of 16 and 17 year olds) as at 31 August 2007.