Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with end stage renal disease who are fit for surgery [1]. There is a global shortage of organs for transplantation annually [2]. Efforts to expand the donor pool have included the introduction of living donor programs, altruistic donation and extended criteria categories for deceased donors [3]. Despite this, there remains a significant amount of patients on organ transplant waiting lists on a long-term basis [2]. Although rates of living donors are increasing, deceased donors still account for the majority of kidneys donated for transplantation. In recent years, a number of countries have moved to sign ‘opt-out’ policies of organ donation into law, with the hope that this will increase the number of deceased donors per year [4]. As such, an understanding of the deceased donor population to date is of value when trying to predict future trends. The primary aim of this study was to assess the demographics of deceased kidney donors over the last ten years and to assess for gender variations in deceased donor demographics over an extended period.