Table 5.4c

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Living Donor Kidneys

Relation of Donor to Recipient 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
Parent 741 796 788 737 861 824 798 763 785 644
Offspring 634 677 758 965 1,043 1,140 1,116 1,159 1,159 1,134
Sibling 1,616 1,684 1,734 1,915 1,976 1,890 1,943 1,911 1,750 1,687
Other Relative 233 295 347 410 469 493 476 510 505 487
Spouse 381 545 577 667 714 720 727 785 791 774
Other Unrelated 274 362 475 771 930 1,114 1,327 1,430 1,491 1,538
Unknown 48 61 38 23 42 59 83 89 87 170
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Parent 18.9% 18.0% 16.7% 13.4% 14.3% 13.2% 12.3% 11.5% 12.0% 10.0%
Offspring 16.1% 15.3% 16.1% 17.6% 17.3% 18.3% 17.2% 17.4% 17.6% 17.6%
Sibling 41.2% 38.1% 36.8% 34.9% 32.7% 30.3% 30.0% 28.7% 26.6% 26.2%
Other Relative 5.9% 6.7% 7.4% 7.5% 7.8% 7.9% 7.4% 7.7% 7.7% 7.6%
Spouse 9.7% 12.3% 12.2% 12.2% 11.8% 11.5% 11.2% 11.8% 12.0% 12.0%
Other Unrelated 7.0% 8.2% 10.1% 14.0% 15.4% 17.9% 20.5% 21.5% 22.7% 23.9%
Unknown 1.2% 1.4% 0.8% 0.4% 0.7% 0.9% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 2.6%


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.