Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1993 to 2002

Kidney Donors

Donor Relation 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
Parent 710 624 755 764 737 781 773 714 838 795
Offspring 373 358 508 533 632 672 748 962 1,044 1,130
Identical Twin 1 8 8 13 10 11 6 12 12 14
Full Sibling 1,310 1,293 1,465 1,453 1,539 1,608 1,598 1,787 1,818 1,764
Half Sibling 9 34 47 60 58 47 77 69 88 63
Other Relative 97 124 179 213 240 305 350 423 552 521
Spouse Unrelated 114 130 258 348 378 527 555 640 686 692
Other Unrelated 67 76 157 209 252 331 435 774 895 1,097
Unknown 170 362 11 73 82 118 128 46 69 157
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Parent 24.9% 20.7% 22.3% 20.8% 18.8% 17.8% 16.6% 13.2% 14.0% 12.8%
Offspring 13.1% 11.9% 15.0% 14.5% 16.1% 15.3% 16.0% 17.7% 17.4% 18.1%
Identical Twin 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Full Sibling 45.9% 43.0% 43.2% 39.6% 39.2% 36.5% 34.2% 32.9% 30.3% 28.3%
Half Sibling 0.3% 1.1% 1.4% 1.6% 1.5% 1.1% 1.6% 1.3% 1.5% 1.0%
Other Relative 3.4% 4.1% 5.3% 5.8% 6.1% 6.9% 7.5% 7.8% 9.2% 8.4%
Spouse Unrelated 4.0% 4.3% 7.6% 9.5% 9.6% 12.0% 11.9% 11.8% 11.4% 11.1%
Other Unrelated 2.4% 2.5% 4.6% 5.7% 6.4% 7.5% 9.3% 14.3% 14.9% 17.6%
Unknown 6.0% 12.0% 0.3% 2.0% 2.1% 2.7% 2.7% 0.8% 1.1% 2.5%

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.