Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Blood Type Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 3,493 3,790 4,059 4,568 5,037 5,928 6,606 6,629 6,826 7,002
O 2,161 2,466 2,565 2,953 3,217 3,873 4,378 4,355 4,464 4,595
A 1,000 968 1,109 1,198 1,355 1,541 1,698 1,743 1,747 1,829
B 288 316 349 344 406 461 486 481 562 524
AB 43 40 36 55 48 53 44 50 53 54
Unknown 1 - - 18 11 - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
O 61.9% 65.1% 63.2% 64.6% 63.9% 65.3% 66.3% 65.7% 65.4% 65.6%
A 28.6% 25.5% 27.3% 26.2% 26.9% 26.0% 25.7% 26.3% 25.6% 26.1%
B 8.2% 8.3% 8.6% 7.5% 8.1% 7.8% 7.4% 7.3% 8.2% 7.5%
AB 1.2% 1.1% 0.9% 1.2% 1.0% 0.9% 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8%
Unknown 0.0% - - 0.4% 0.2% - - - - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

(%) = 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.