Australian Organ Donor Register (AODR) Statistics

The Australian Organ Donor Register (AODR) is the national register for people to record their decision about becoming an organ and tissue donor. People must be 16 years or older to register.

The AODR is administered by the Australian Government Department of Human Services. Read more about the Australian Organ Donor Register on the Department of Human Services website.

AODR statistics are published monthly. The statistics provide the number of people who have registered their decision in regards to organ and tissue donation on the AODR by age group, state and gender. These statistics are further provided as a percentage of the Australian population using [ABS Statistics] (http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/web+pages/statistics).

Two reports are provided:

Consent registrations: A legally valid consent registration refers to people who have registered by a signed consent form. Only people aged 18 years and over can register their legally valid consent on the Australian Organ Donor Register. Those aged 16-17 years can still register their intention to donate.

Intent registrations: Intent registrations refers to people or have registered their intent to donate or their objection online or by phone, they have not signed a consent form.

Data is provided in the following formats:

Excel/ XLS/ XLSX: The human readable data for the current year (2016) is provided in an individual excel file for consent registrations and an individual excel file for intent registrations. Historical registration data (2007-2015) may be found in the relevant zipped excel files.

CSV: Due to the volume of data, the current (2016) and historical (2007-2015) machine readable files for consent registrations and intent registrations may be found in the relevant zipped files.

If you require statistics at a more detailed level, please contact statistics@humanservices.gov.au detailing your request. The Department of Human Services charges on a cost recovery basis for providing more detailed statistics and their provision is subject to privacy considerations.

Disclaimer:

This data is provided by the Department of Human Services (Human Services) for general information purposes only. While Human Services has taken care to ensure the information is as correct and accurate as possible, we do not guarantee, or accept legal liability whatsoever arising from, or connected to its use.

We recommend that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to the use of this data and that users carefully evaluate the accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance of the data for their needs.