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Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 5,038 5,941 6,615 6,630 6,828 7,004 6,902 6,732 6,316 6,219
White 3,541 4,204 4,701 4,712 4,762 4,881 4,807 4,764 4,452 4,324
African American 712 748 861 850 923 952 895 818 745 736
Other/Multi-race 43 36 56 49 64 61 78 81 56 68
Asian 150 241 223 220 232 232 240 197 229 249
Hispanic/Latino 587 712 774 799 847 878 882 872 834 842
Unknown 5 - - - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 70.3% 70.8% 71.1% 71.1% 69.7% 69.7% 69.6% 70.8% 70.5% 69.5%
African American 14.1% 12.6% 13.0% 12.8% 13.5% 13.6% 13.0% 12.2% 11.8% 11.8%
Other/Multi-race 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% 0.7% 0.9% 0.9% 1.1% 1.2% 0.9% 1.1%
Asian 3.0% 4.1% 3.4% 3.3% 3.4% 3.3% 3.5% 2.9% 3.6% 4.0%
Hispanic/Latino 11.7% 12.0% 11.7% 12.1% 12.4% 12.5% 12.8% 13.0% 13.2% 13.5%
Unknown 0.1% - - - - - - - - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(%) = 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.



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