Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Kidney Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race 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
White 2,461 2,604 2,775 3,141 3,309 3,865 4,245 4,413 4,484 4,593
African American 440 486 533 577 688 720 837 827 907 937
Hispanic/Latino 361 433 470 514 538 653 692 745 797 832
Asian 91 95 114 155 143 220 209 209 221 225
Other/Multi-race 32 23 31 24 40 35 55 46 63 58
Unknown 7 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 72.6% 70.8% 70.6% 71.0% 70.0% 70.4% 70.3% 70.7% 69.3% 69.1%
African American 13.0% 13.2% 13.6% 13.1% 14.6% 13.1% 13.9% 13.3% 14.0% 14.1%
Hispanic/Latino 10.6% 11.8% 12.0% 11.6% 11.4% 11.9% 11.5% 11.9% 12.3% 12.5%
Asian 2.7% 2.6% 2.9% 3.5% 3.0% 4.0% 3.5% 3.3% 3.4% 3.4%
Other/Multi-race 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% 0.5% 0.8% 0.6% 0.9% 0.7% 1.0% 0.9%
Unknown 0.2% 1.0% 0.3% 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.