Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Relation 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
Parent 820 837 822 868 896 850 955 881 850 781
Offspring 509 537 638 688 825 1,081 1,218 1,256 1,220 1,257
Identical Twin 8 14 10 12 8 14 13 14 17 9
Full Sibling 1,482 1,472 1,564 1,640 1,691 1,904 1,948 1,882 1,898 1,849
Half Sibling 47 62 58 49 78 73 93 69 89 70
Other Relative 200 229 252 318 389 458 531 526 512 550
Spouse Unrelated 257 354 381 548 592 692 754 744 754 790
Other Unrelated 164 226 283 379 515 829 1,046 1,190 1,390 1,474
Unknown 6 59 51 66 43 27 48 67 96 222
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Parent 23.5% 22.1% 20.3% 19.0% 17.8% 14.3% 14.5% 13.3% 12.5% 11.2%
Offspring 14.6% 14.2% 15.7% 15.1% 16.4% 18.2% 18.4% 18.9% 17.9% 18.0%
Identical Twin 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
Full Sibling 42.4% 38.8% 38.5% 35.9% 33.6% 32.1% 29.5% 28.4% 27.8% 26.4%
Half Sibling 1.3% 1.6% 1.4% 1.1% 1.5% 1.2% 1.4% 1.0% 1.3% 1.0%
Other Relative 5.7% 6.0% 6.2% 7.0% 7.7% 7.7% 8.0% 7.9% 7.5% 7.9%
Spouse Unrelated 7.4% 9.3% 9.4% 12.0% 11.8% 11.7% 11.4% 11.2% 11.0% 11.3%
Other Unrelated 4.7% 6.0% 7.0% 8.3% 10.2% 14.0% 15.8% 18.0% 20.4% 21.1%
Unknown 0.2% 1.6% 1.3% 1.4% 0.9% 0.5% 0.7% 1.0% 1.4% 3.2%


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.