Table 2.10

Living Donor Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Liver Segment Donors

Donor Relation Year
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 86 92 253 400 520 362 322 323 321 287
Parent 72 58 93 104 94 64 54 46 54 48
Offspring - 6 59 110 159 95 90 88 88 78
Identical Twin - 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 1 -
Full Sibling 1 5 35 69 71 75 50 58 52 49
Half Sibling - 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 - -
Other Relative 9 9 26 34 44 28 31 30 33 33
Spouse Unrelated - 4 12 22 40 23 22 21 21 14
Other Unrelated 3 7 26 50 100 68 65 70 57 50
Unknown 1 1 1 8 9 6 5 6 15 15
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Parent 83.7% 63.0% 36.8% 26.0% 18.1% 17.7% 16.8% 14.2% 16.8% 16.7%
Offspring - 6.5% 23.3% 27.5% 30.6% 26.2% 28.0% 27.2% 27.4% 27.2%
Identical Twin - 1.1% - 0.3% 0.2% - 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% -
Full Sibling 1.2% 5.4% 13.8% 17.3% 13.7% 20.7% 15.5% 18.0% 16.2% 17.1%
Half Sibling - 1.1% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.8% 1.2% 0.9% - -
Other Relative 10.5% 9.8% 10.3% 8.5% 8.5% 7.7% 9.6% 9.3% 10.3% 11.5%
Spouse Unrelated - 4.3% 4.7% 5.5% 7.7% 6.4% 6.8% 6.5% 6.5% 4.9%
Other Unrelated 3.5% 7.6% 10.3% 12.5% 19.2% 18.8% 20.2% 21.7% 17.8% 17.4%
Unknown 1.2% 1.1% 0.4% 2.0% 1.7% 1.7% 1.6% 1.9% 4.7% 5.2%


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.