Table 5.4c

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Living Donor Kidneys

Recipient Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 3,927 4,420 4,717 5,488 6,035 6,240 6,470 6,647 6,568 6,434
White 2,752 3,079 3,234 3,789 4,127 4,298 4,367 4,458 4,416 4,375
African American 550 626 723 766 912 905 976 1,023 990 931
Hispanic/Latino 458 527 551 664 693 749 812 841 820 812
Asian 126 161 165 232 243 228 246 248 265 234
Other/Multi-race 41 27 44 37 60 57 69 77 77 82
Unknown - - - - - 3 - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 70.1% 69.7% 68.6% 69.0% 68.4% 68.9% 67.5% 67.1% 67.2% 68.0%
African American 14.0% 14.2% 15.3% 14.0% 15.1% 14.5% 15.1% 15.4% 15.1% 14.5%
Hispanic/Latino 11.7% 11.9% 11.7% 12.1% 11.5% 12.0% 12.6% 12.7% 12.5% 12.6%
Asian 3.2% 3.6% 3.5% 4.2% 4.0% 3.7% 3.8% 3.7% 4.0% 3.6%
Other/Multi-race 1.0% 0.6% 0.9% 0.7% 1.0% 0.9% 1.1% 1.2% 1.2% 1.3%
Unknown - - - - - 0.0% - - - -


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than kidney-pancreas, in which a living donor kidney was one of the organs transplanted.