Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Age Year
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 2,905 3,102 3,489 3,777 4,051 4,546 4,976 5,859 6,560 6,618
Unknown 2 11 12 58 29 61 89 41 85 192
11-17 Years 4 3 4 9 3 6 1 1 4 2
18-34 Years 1,242 1,274 1,309 1,393 1,542 1,582 1,707 1,980 2,250 2,173
35-49 Years 1,203 1,339 1,603 1,726 1,782 2,060 2,284 2,771 3,007 2,987
50-64 Years 426 443 524 555 647 783 857 1,016 1,148 1,203
65+ Years 28 32 37 36 48 54 38 50 66 61
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Unknown 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 1.5% 0.7% 1.3% 1.8% 0.7% 1.3% 2.9%
11-17 Years 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
18-34 Years 42.8% 41.1% 37.5% 36.9% 38.1% 34.8% 34.3% 33.8% 34.3% 32.8%
35-49 Years 41.4% 43.2% 45.9% 45.7% 44.0% 45.3% 45.9% 47.3% 45.8% 45.1%
50-64 Years 14.7% 14.3% 15.0% 14.7% 16.0% 17.2% 17.2% 17.3% 17.5% 18.2%
65+ Years 1.0% 1.0% 1.1% 1.0% 1.2% 1.2% 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 0.9%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

(%) = Percentages are calculated based on totals including missing and unknown cases.

(-) = None in category.

Living donor ages reported as 10 years or less are included in "Unknown", accounting for about 0.2 percent of the data.