Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Age Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 4,059 4,569 5,037 5,933 6,608 6,629 6,828 7,004 6,898 6,732
Unknown 1 2 2 3 - - - - - 4
11-17 Years 1 5 - 1 2 2 1 - - 1
18-34 Years 1,554 1,620 1,770 2,037 2,309 2,238 2,289 2,360 2,218 2,182
35-49 Years 1,804 2,092 2,346 2,814 3,067 3,098 3,225 3,224 3,241 3,038
50-64 Years 652 796 878 1,026 1,162 1,230 1,248 1,363 1,381 1,435
65+ Years 47 54 41 52 68 61 65 57 58 72
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% 0.0% 0.1% - - - - - 0.1%
11-17 Years 0.0% 0.1% - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0%
18-34 Years 38.3% 35.5% 35.1% 34.3% 34.9% 33.8% 33.5% 33.7% 32.2% 32.4%
35-49 Years 44.4% 45.8% 46.6% 47.4% 46.4% 46.7% 47.2% 46.0% 47.0% 45.1%
50-64 Years 16.1% 17.4% 17.4% 17.3% 17.6% 18.6% 18.3% 19.5% 20.0% 21.3%
65+ Years 1.2% 1.2% 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 1.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(%) = 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.