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Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Age Year
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 4,569 5,037 5,936 6,610 6,630 6,828 7,004 6,901 6,732 6,308
Unknown 2 2 3 - - - - - 2 1
12-17 Years 5 - 1 2 2 1 - - 1 3
18-34 Years 1,620 1,770 2,040 2,310 2,239 2,289 2,360 2,221 2,183 1,981
35-49 Years 2,092 2,346 2,814 3,067 3,098 3,225 3,224 3,241 3,039 2,781
50-64 Years 796 878 1,026 1,163 1,230 1,248 1,363 1,381 1,435 1,459
65+ Years 54 41 52 68 61 65 57 58 72 83
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Unknown 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% - - - - - 0.0% 0.0%
12-17 Years 0.1% - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0% 0.0%
18-34 Years 35.5% 35.1% 34.4% 34.9% 33.8% 33.5% 33.7% 32.2% 32.4% 31.4%
35-49 Years 45.8% 46.6% 47.4% 46.4% 46.7% 47.2% 46.0% 47.0% 45.1% 44.1%
50-64 Years 17.4% 17.4% 17.3% 17.6% 18.6% 18.3% 19.5% 20.0% 21.3% 23.1%
65+ Years 1.2% 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 1.1% 1.3%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

(%) = 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 0.02 percent of the data.



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