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Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Ethnicity/Race
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 5,946 6,619 6,630 6,828 7,004 6,902 6,732 6,315 6,218 6,610
White 4,209 4,701 4,711 4,763 4,883 4,806 4,762 4,452 4,321 4,623
African American 748 863 851 923 952 896 821 747 736 754
Other/Multi-race 36 58 49 64 60 77 81 55 68 57
Asian 242 223 220 232 232 240 197 229 248 243
Hispanic/Latino 711 774 799 846 877 883 871 832 845 933
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 70.8% 71.0% 71.1% 69.8% 69.7% 69.6% 70.7% 70.5% 69.5% 69.9%
African American 12.6% 13.0% 12.8% 13.5% 13.6% 13.0% 12.2% 11.8% 11.8% 11.4%
Other/Multi-race 0.6% 0.9% 0.7% 0.9% 0.9% 1.1% 1.2% 0.9% 1.1% 0.9%
Asian 4.1% 3.4% 3.3% 3.4% 3.3% 3.5% 2.9% 3.6% 4.0% 3.7%
Hispanic/Latino 12.0% 11.7% 12.1% 12.4% 12.5% 12.8% 12.9% 13.2% 13.6% 14.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(%) = Percentages are calculated based on totals including missing and unknown cases.

(-) = None in category.

Living donor ages reported as 11 years or less are included in 'Unknown', accounting for about 0.01 percent of the data.

Expected deaths are based on death rates found among people in the general U.S. population with the same age and sex as the

living donors.