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Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Ethnicity/Race 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
White 3,262 3,541 4,200 4,698 4,712 4,762 4,881 4,806 4,765 4,451
African American 591 712 748 860 850 923 952 895 818 743
Other/Multi-race 24 43 36 56 49 64 61 78 81 55
Asian 155 150 241 223 220 232 232 239 197 228
Hispanic/Latino 529 586 711 773 799 847 878 883 871 831
Unknown 8 5 - - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 71.4% 70.3% 70.8% 71.1% 71.1% 69.7% 69.7% 69.6% 70.8% 70.6%
African American 12.9% 14.1% 12.6% 13.0% 12.8% 13.5% 13.6% 13.0% 12.2% 11.8%
Other/Multi-race 0.5% 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% 0.7% 0.9% 0.9% 1.1% 1.2% 0.9%
Asian 3.4% 3.0% 4.1% 3.4% 3.3% 3.4% 3.3% 3.5% 2.9% 3.6%
Hispanic/Latino 11.6% 11.6% 12.0% 11.7% 12.1% 12.4% 12.5% 12.8% 12.9% 13.2%
Unknown 0.2% 0.1% - - - - - - - -


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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