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Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Relation 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
Parent 896 841 950 875 827 772 782 662 657 618
Offspring 826 1,092 1,220 1,254 1,230 1,294 1,302 1,256 1,096 1,059
Identical Twin 7 14 13 14 17 10 20 22 15 14
Full Sibling 1,697 1,912 1,956 1,887 1,904 1,897 1,716 1,687 1,513 1,436
Half Sibling 78 73 93 70 89 69 82 64 65 58
Other Relative 385 455 523 527 515 546 539 527 527 490
Spouse Unrelated 591 691 756 745 755 806 812 796 764 727
Other Unrelated 521 832 1,052 1,193 1,402 1,517 1,554 1,622 1,494 1,610
Unknown 37 31 52 65 89 93 95 96 185 207
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Parent 17.8% 14.2% 14.4% 13.2% 12.1% 11.0% 11.3% 9.8% 10.4% 9.9%
Offspring 16.4% 18.4% 18.4% 18.9% 18.0% 18.5% 18.9% 18.7% 17.4% 17.0%
Identical Twin 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
Full Sibling 33.7% 32.2% 29.6% 28.5% 27.9% 27.1% 24.9% 25.1% 24.0% 23.1%
Half Sibling 1.5% 1.2% 1.4% 1.1% 1.3% 1.0% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9%
Other Relative 7.6% 7.7% 7.9% 7.9% 7.5% 7.8% 7.8% 7.8% 8.3% 7.9%
Spouse Unrelated 11.7% 11.6% 11.4% 11.2% 11.1% 11.5% 11.8% 11.8% 12.1% 11.7%
Other Unrelated 10.3% 14.0% 15.9% 18.0% 20.5% 21.7% 22.5% 24.1% 23.7% 25.9%
Unknown 0.7% 0.5% 0.8% 1.0% 1.3% 1.3% 1.4% 1.4% 2.9% 3.3%


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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