Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Kidney Donors

Donor Gender	Year
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	2,851	3,009	3,388	3,666	3,928	4,400	4,670	5,427	6,002	6,233
Female	1,610	1,668	1,968	2,134	2,246	2,543	2,717	3,084	3,529	3,636
Male	1,241	1,341	1,420	1,532	1,682	1,857	1,953	2,343	2,473	2,597
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Female	56.5%	55.4%	58.1%	58.2%	57.2%	57.8%	58.2%	56.8%	58.8%	58.3%
Male	43.5%	44.6%	41.9%	41.8%	42.8%	42.2%	41.8%	43.2%	41.2%	41.7%

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.