Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Kidney Donors

Donor Blood Type Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 3,392 3,679 3,933 4,421 4,724 5,493 6,038 6,240 6,472 6,645
O 2,094 2,396 2,479 2,857 3,011 3,592 3,998 4,089 4,242 4,356
A 973 932 1,077 1,160 1,273 1,427 1,561 1,638 1,647 1,732
B 282 311 342 333 382 423 442 463 532 506
AB 42 40 35 53 47 51 37 50 51 51
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 61.7% 65.1% 63.0% 64.6% 63.7% 65.4% 66.2% 65.5% 65.5% 65.6%
A 28.7% 25.3% 27.4% 26.2% 26.9% 26.0% 25.9% 26.3% 25.4% 26.1%
B 8.3% 8.5% 8.7% 7.5% 8.1% 7.7% 7.3% 7.4% 8.2% 7.6%
AB 1.2% 1.1% 0.9% 1.2% 1.0% 0.9% 0.6% 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.