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Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Kidney Donors

Donor Blood Type Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 5,500 6,045 6,240 6,473 6,647 6,571 6,435 6,043 5,968 6,388
A 1,428 1,563 1,639 1,647 1,732 1,761 1,690 1,628 1,560 1,638
AB 51 37 50 51 50 61 52 62 60 56
B 423 442 459 529 507 519 481 455 461 499
O 3,598 4,003 4,092 4,246 4,358 4,230 4,212 3,898 3,887 4,195
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
A 26.0% 25.9% 26.3% 25.4% 26.1% 26.8% 26.3% 26.9% 26.1% 25.6%
AB 0.9% 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9%
B 7.7% 7.3% 7.4% 8.2% 7.6% 7.9% 7.5% 7.5% 7.7% 7.8%
O 65.4% 66.2% 65.6% 65.6% 65.6% 64.4% 65.5% 64.5% 65.1% 65.7%


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.