Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Kidney Donors

Donor Gender	Year
Donor Gender	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
Female	2,142	2,249	2,558	2,743	3,129	3,546	3,641	3,830	3,842	3,884
Male	1,537	1,684	1,863	1,981	2,364	2,492	2,599	2,643	2,805	2,682
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Female	58.2%	57.2%	57.9%	58.1%	57.0%	58.7%	58.3%	59.2%	57.8%	59.2%
Male	41.8%	42.8%	42.1%	41.9%	43.0%	41.3%	41.7%	40.8%	42.2%	40.8%

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.