Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Blood Type 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
O 2,565 2,954 3,217 3,874 4,379 4,359 4,468 4,597 4,453 4,421
A 1,109 1,198 1,355 1,545 1,700 1,743 1,748 1,829 1,843 1,766
B 349 344 406 461 485 477 559 525 538 491
AB 36 55 48 53 44 50 53 53 64 54
Unknown - 18 11 - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
O 63.2% 64.7% 63.9% 65.3% 66.3% 65.8% 65.4% 65.6% 64.6% 65.7%
A 27.3% 26.2% 26.9% 26.0% 25.7% 26.3% 25.6% 26.1% 26.7% 26.2%
B 8.6% 7.5% 8.1% 7.8% 7.3% 7.2% 8.2% 7.5% 7.8% 7.3%
AB 0.9% 1.2% 1.0% 0.9% 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 0.8%
Unknown - 0.4% 0.2% - - - - - - -


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.