Table 5.4c

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Recipients of Living Donor Kidneys

Recipient Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 3,668 3,927 4,419 4,716 5,488 6,035 6,240 6,470 6,647 6,563
White 2,589 2,746 3,065 3,216 3,778 4,117 4,278 4,343 4,257 4,312
African American 524 548 625 720 766 911 903 965 957 958
Hispanic/Latino 413 451 524 546 659 690 746 808 806 792
Asian 102 125 158 162 230 241 227 243 242 253
Other/Multi-race 31 41 27 44 37 60 57 69 75 73
Unknown 9 16 20 28 18 16 29 42 310 175
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 70.6% 69.9% 69.4% 68.2% 68.8% 68.2% 68.6% 67.1% 64.0% 65.7%
African American 14.3% 14.0% 14.1% 15.3% 14.0% 15.1% 14.5% 14.9% 14.4% 14.6%
Hispanic/Latino 11.3% 11.5% 11.9% 11.6% 12.0% 11.4% 12.0% 12.5% 12.1% 12.1%
Asian 2.8% 3.2% 3.6% 3.4% 4.2% 4.0% 3.6% 3.8% 3.6% 3.9%
Other/Multi-race 0.8% 1.0% 0.6% 0.9% 0.7% 1.0% 0.9% 1.1% 1.1% 1.1%
Unknown 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5% 0.6% 4.7% 2.7%


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than kidney-pancreas, in which a living donor kidney was one of the organs transplanted.