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Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Kidney Donors

Donor Age 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
Unknown 2 3 - - - - - 1 - 1
12-17 Years - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 2 -
18-34 Years 1,616 1,824 2,035 2,059 2,111 2,192 2,078 2,035 1,871 1,849
35-49 Years 2,213 2,627 2,835 2,931 3,084 3,076 3,103 2,938 2,675 2,591
50-64 Years 853 993 1,104 1,190 1,213 1,323 1,332 1,389 1,415 1,438
65+ Years 41 51 66 59 64 56 58 71 81 89
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Unknown 0.0% 0.1% - - - - - 0.0% - 0.0%
12-17 Years - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0% 0.0% -
18-34 Years 34.2% 33.2% 33.7% 33.0% 32.6% 33.0% 31.6% 31.6% 31.0% 31.0%
35-49 Years 46.8% 47.8% 46.9% 47.0% 47.6% 46.3% 47.2% 45.7% 44.3% 43.4%
50-64 Years 18.1% 18.1% 18.3% 19.1% 18.7% 19.9% 20.3% 21.6% 23.4% 24.1%
65+ Years 0.9% 0.9% 1.1% 0.9% 1.0% 0.8% 0.9% 1.1% 1.3% 1.5%


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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