Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Ethnicity/Race 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
White 2,542 2,696 2,876 3,260 3,541 4,194 4,696 4,710 4,761 4,881
African American 445 493 543 591 712 746 860 851 923 952
Hispanic/Latino 370 442 481 528 585 711 771 799 846 877
Asian 95 98 118 155 150 241 223 220 232 231
Other/Multi-race 33 23 31 24 43 36 56 49 64 61
Unknown 8 38 10 10 6 - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 72.8% 71.1% 70.9% 71.4% 70.3% 70.7% 71.1% 71.1% 69.7% 69.7%
African American 12.7% 13.0% 13.4% 12.9% 14.1% 12.6% 13.0% 12.8% 13.5% 13.6%
Hispanic/Latino 10.6% 11.7% 11.9% 11.6% 11.6% 12.0% 11.7% 12.1% 12.4% 12.5%
Asian 2.7% 2.6% 2.9% 3.4% 3.0% 4.1% 3.4% 3.3% 3.4% 3.3%
Other/Multi-race 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% 0.5% 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% 0.7% 0.9% 0.9%
Unknown 0.2% 1.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% - - - - -


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.