Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Gender 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
Female 2,015 2,203 2,307 2,628 2,881 3,330 3,818 3,827 3,984 4,021
Male 1,478 1,587 1,752 1,940 2,156 2,598 2,788 2,802 2,842 2,981
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Female 57.7% 58.1% 56.8% 57.5% 57.2% 56.2% 57.8% 57.7% 58.4% 57.4%
Male 42.3% 41.9% 43.2% 42.5% 42.8% 43.8% 42.2% 42.3% 41.6% 42.6%


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.