Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Kidney Donors

Donor Race 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
White 2,348 2,413 2,793 3,007 3,227 3,603 3,768 4,420 4,857 5,126
African American 398 431 441 482 532 574 676 702 834 826
Asian 64 99 80 81 92 131 118 164 184 188
Other/Multi-race 37 62 67 55 67 80 96 133 127 93
Unknown 4 4 7 41 10 12 12 8 - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 82.4% 80.2% 82.4% 82.0% 82.2% 81.9% 80.7% 81.4% 80.9% 82.2%
African American 14.0% 14.3% 13.0% 13.1% 13.5% 13.0% 14.5% 12.9% 13.9% 13.3%
Asian 2.2% 3.3% 2.4% 2.2% 2.3% 3.0% 2.5% 3.0% 3.1% 3.0%
Other/Multi-race 1.3% 2.1% 2.0% 1.5% 1.7% 1.8% 2.1% 2.5% 2.1% 1.5%
Unknown 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 1.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% - -

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.