Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Ethnicity/Race 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
White 2,876 3,261 3,541 4,199 4,697 4,711 4,762 4,881 4,805 4,765
African American 543 591 712 747 860 850 923 952 894 818
Hispanic/Latino 481 528 585 710 772 799 847 878 882 871
Asian 118 155 150 241 223 220 232 232 239 197
Other/Multi-race 31 24 43 36 56 49 64 61 78 81
Unknown 10 10 6 - - - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 70.9% 71.4% 70.3% 70.8% 71.1% 71.1% 69.7% 69.7% 69.7% 70.8%
African American 13.4% 12.9% 14.1% 12.6% 13.0% 12.8% 13.5% 13.6% 13.0% 12.2%
Hispanic/Latino 11.9% 11.6% 11.6% 12.0% 11.7% 12.1% 12.4% 12.5% 12.8% 12.9%
Asian 2.9% 3.4% 3.0% 4.1% 3.4% 3.3% 3.4% 3.3% 3.5% 2.9%
Other/Multi-race 0.8% 0.5% 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% 0.7% 0.9% 0.9% 1.1% 1.2%
Unknown 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% - - - - - - -


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.