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Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Kidney Donors

Donor Relation 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
Parent 784 722 845 804 769 716 727 610 601 567
Offspring 765 979 1,059 1,158 1,138 1,204 1,210 1,179 1,029 1,000
Identical Twin 7 12 12 14 15 9 19 21 15 14
Full Sibling 1,655 1,838 1,879 1,808 1,848 1,836 1,660 1,637 1,472 1,404
Half Sibling 77 71 91 67 83 66 82 64 63 54
Other Relative 348 411 468 494 478 510 506 492 492 459
Spouse Unrelated 577 668 715 720 731 784 791 780 752 715
Other Unrelated 476 775 930 1,116 1,328 1,436 1,496 1,571 1,443 1,558
Unknown 36 23 42 59 83 86 80 81 177 197
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Parent 16.6% 13.1% 14.0% 12.9% 11.9% 10.8% 11.1% 9.5% 9.9% 9.5%
Offspring 16.2% 17.8% 17.5% 18.6% 17.6% 18.1% 18.4% 18.3% 17.0% 16.8%
Identical Twin 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
Full Sibling 35.0% 33.4% 31.1% 29.0% 28.5% 27.6% 25.3% 25.4% 24.4% 23.5%
Half Sibling 1.6% 1.3% 1.5% 1.1% 1.3% 1.0% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9%
Other Relative 7.4% 7.5% 7.7% 7.9% 7.4% 7.7% 7.7% 7.6% 8.1% 7.7%
Spouse Unrelated 12.2% 12.1% 11.8% 11.5% 11.3% 11.8% 12.0% 12.1% 12.4% 12.0%
Other Unrelated 10.1% 14.1% 15.4% 17.9% 20.5% 21.6% 22.8% 24.4% 23.9% 26.1%
Unknown 0.8% 0.4% 0.7% 0.9% 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 1.3% 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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