Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Kidney Donors

Donor Gender	Year
Donor Gender	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	3,933	4,422	4,724	5,493	6,038	6,240	6,473	6,647	6,569	6,436
Female	2,249	2,558	2,743	3,129	3,546	3,641	3,830	3,842	3,886	3,810
Male	1,684	1,864	1,981	2,364	2,492	2,599	2,643	2,805	2,683	2,626
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Female	57.2%	57.8%	58.1%	57.0%	58.7%	58.3%	59.2%	57.8%	59.2%	59.2%
Male	42.8%	42.2%	41.9%	43.0%	41.3%	41.7%	40.8%	42.2%	40.8%	40.8%

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.