Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Kidney Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race 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
White 2,604 2,775 3,141 3,309 3,866 4,245 4,413 4,485 4,594 4,538
African American 486 533 577 688 720 837 827 907 937 878
Hispanic/Latino 433 470 514 538 652 692 745 797 833 843
Asian 95 114 155 143 220 209 209 221 225 232
Other/Multi-race 23 31 24 40 35 55 46 63 58 75
Unknown 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 70.8% 70.6% 71.0% 70.0% 70.4% 70.3% 70.7% 69.3% 69.1% 69.1%
African American 13.2% 13.6% 13.1% 14.6% 13.1% 13.9% 13.3% 14.0% 14.1% 13.4%
Hispanic/Latino 11.8% 12.0% 11.6% 11.4% 11.9% 11.5% 11.9% 12.3% 12.5% 12.8%
Asian 2.6% 2.9% 3.5% 3.0% 4.0% 3.5% 3.3% 3.4% 3.4% 3.5%
Other/Multi-race 0.6% 0.8% 0.5% 0.8% 0.6% 0.9% 0.7% 1.0% 0.9% 1.1%
Unknown 1.0% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% - - - - - -


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.