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Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Kidney Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race Year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 4,725 5,499 6,041 6,240 6,473 6,647 6,571 6,435 6,044 5,968
White 3,309 3,870 4,248 4,414 4,485 4,593 4,539 4,525 4,242 4,126
African American 688 721 837 826 907 937 879 805 734 717
Other/Multi-race 40 35 55 46 63 58 75 79 54 68
Asian 143 220 209 209 221 226 233 189 218 237
Hispanic/Latino 540 653 692 745 797 833 845 837 796 820
Unknown 5 - - - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 70.0% 70.4% 70.3% 70.7% 69.3% 69.1% 69.1% 70.3% 70.2% 69.1%
African American 14.6% 13.1% 13.9% 13.2% 14.0% 14.1% 13.4% 12.5% 12.1% 12.0%
Other/Multi-race 0.8% 0.6% 0.9% 0.7% 1.0% 0.9% 1.1% 1.2% 0.9% 1.1%
Asian 3.0% 4.0% 3.5% 3.3% 3.4% 3.4% 3.5% 2.9% 3.6% 4.0%
Hispanic/Latino 11.4% 11.9% 11.5% 11.9% 12.3% 12.5% 12.9% 13.0% 13.2% 13.7%
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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