Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Kidney Donors

Donor Blood Type 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
O 2,396 2,479 2,857 3,011 3,591 3,998 4,093 4,246 4,358 4,227
A 932 1,077 1,160 1,273 1,428 1,562 1,638 1,647 1,732 1,759
B 311 342 333 382 423 441 459 529 507 519
AB 40 35 53 47 51 37 50 51 50 61
Unknown - - 18 11 - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
O 65.1% 63.0% 64.6% 63.7% 65.4% 66.2% 65.6% 65.6% 65.6% 64.4%
A 25.3% 27.4% 26.2% 26.9% 26.0% 25.9% 26.3% 25.4% 26.1% 26.8%
B 8.5% 8.7% 7.5% 8.1% 7.7% 7.3% 7.4% 8.2% 7.6% 7.9%
AB 1.1% 0.9% 1.2% 1.0% 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9%
Unknown - - 0.4% 0.2% - - - - - -


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.