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Table 2.8

Living Donor Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Living Donors of Any Organ

Donor Relation Year
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
Parent 842 950 874 827 772 784 662 658 613 620
Offspring 1,093 1,221 1,254 1,228 1,294 1,303 1,258 1,100 1,065 1,133
Identical Twin 13 12 14 13 10 12 16 10 11 14
Full Sibling 1,912 1,957 1,888 1,908 1,897 1,722 1,691 1,514 1,441 1,437
Half Sibling 73 93 70 89 69 82 65 65 60 65
Other Relative 455 523 527 515 546 539 526 526 496 528
Spouse Unrelated 692 757 745 755 806 811 795 765 729 805
Other Unrelated 833 1,052 1,193 1,404 1,517 1,554 1,623 1,493 1,613 1,740
Unknown 33 54 65 89 93 95 96 184 190 268
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Parent 14.2% 14.4% 13.2% 12.1% 11.0% 11.4% 9.8% 10.4% 9.9% 9.4%
Offspring 18.4% 18.4% 18.9% 18.0% 18.5% 18.9% 18.7% 17.4% 17.1% 17.1%
Identical Twin 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Full Sibling 32.2% 29.6% 28.5% 27.9% 27.1% 24.9% 25.1% 24.0% 23.2% 21.7%
Half Sibling 1.2% 1.4% 1.1% 1.3% 1.0% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0%
Other Relative 7.7% 7.9% 7.9% 7.5% 7.8% 7.8% 7.8% 8.3% 8.0% 8.0%
Spouse Unrelated 11.6% 11.4% 11.2% 11.1% 11.5% 11.8% 11.8% 12.1% 11.7% 12.2%
Other Unrelated 14.0% 15.9% 18.0% 20.6% 21.7% 22.5% 24.1% 23.6% 25.9% 26.3%
Unknown 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 1.3% 1.3% 1.4% 1.4% 2.9% 3.1% 4.1%


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.