Table 5.4c

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Recipients of Living Donor Kidneys

Primary Diagnosis 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
Glomerular Diseases 1,347 1,434 1,518 1,716 1,807 1,918 1,972 2,002 1,931 1,908
Diabetes 771 946 975 1,121 1,293 1,377 1,340 1,431 1,356 1,349
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis 448 468 496 584 664 683 794 903 921 998
Polycystic Kidneys 258 361 375 461 556 572 693 629 716 662
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases 325 338 371 409 425 418 420 468 444 368
Renovascular & Other Vascular Diseases 129 145 201 231 261 263 222 211 186 132
Congenital, Rare Familial, & Metabolic Disorders 199 185 197 212 262 267 312 280 274 242
Neoplasms 14 16 17 24 30 30 27 29 25 32
Other 367 429 445 565 551 544 572 588 620 644
Unknown 69 98 122 165 186 168 118 106 95 99
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Glomerular Diseases 34.3% 32.4% 32.2% 31.3% 29.9% 30.7% 30.5% 30.1% 29.4% 29.7%
Diabetes 19.6% 21.4% 20.7% 20.4% 21.4% 22.1% 20.7% 21.5% 20.6% 21.0%
Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis 11.4% 10.6% 10.5% 10.6% 11.0% 10.9% 12.3% 13.6% 14.0% 15.5%
Polycystic Kidneys 6.6% 8.2% 7.9% 8.4% 9.2% 9.2% 10.7% 9.5% 10.9% 10.3%
Tubular and Interstitial Diseases 8.3% 7.6% 7.9% 7.5% 7.0% 6.7% 6.5% 7.0% 6.8% 5.7%
Renovascular & Other Vascular Diseases 3.3% 3.3% 4.3% 4.2% 4.3% 4.2% 3.4% 3.2% 2.8% 2.1%
Congenital, Rare Familial, & Metabolic Disorders 5.1% 4.2% 4.2% 3.9% 4.3% 4.3% 4.8% 4.2% 4.2% 3.8%
Neoplasms 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5%
Other 9.3% 9.7% 9.4% 10.3% 9.1% 8.7% 8.8% 8.8% 9.4% 10.0%
Unknown 1.8% 2.2% 2.6% 3.0% 3.1% 2.7% 1.8% 1.6% 1.4% 1.5%


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.