Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Kidney Donors

Donor Age Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 3,679 3,933 4,421 4,724 5,493 6,038 6,240 6,473 6,647 6,566
Unknown - 1 2 2 3 - - - - -
11-17 Years 5 1 5 - 1 2 1 1 - -
18-34 Years 1,361 1,481 1,547 1,616 1,822 2,036 2,059 2,115 2,196 2,075
35-49 Years 1,718 1,764 2,032 2,213 2,624 2,833 2,932 3,083 3,073 3,100
50-64 Years 558 639 782 852 992 1,103 1,189 1,211 1,322 1,332
65+ Years 37 47 53 41 51 64 59 63 56 59
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Unknown - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% - - - - -
11-17 Years 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - -
18-34 Years 37.0% 37.7% 35.0% 34.2% 33.2% 33.7% 33.0% 32.7% 33.0% 31.6%
35-49 Years 46.7% 44.9% 46.0% 46.8% 47.8% 46.9% 47.0% 47.6% 46.2% 47.2%
50-64 Years 15.2% 16.2% 17.7% 18.0% 18.1% 18.3% 19.1% 18.7% 19.9% 20.3%
65+ Years 1.0% 1.2% 1.2% 0.9% 0.9% 1.1% 0.9% 1.0% 0.8% 0.9%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(%) = 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 0.01 percent of the data.