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Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Kidney Donors

Donor Ethnicity/Race
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
White 3,872 4,248 4,413 4,486 4,595 4,538 4,523 4,242 4,124 4,428
African American 720 839 827 907 937 880 808 736 717 743
Other/Multi-race 35 57 46 63 57 74 79 53 68 55
Asian 221 209 209 221 226 233 189 218 236 240
Hispanic/Latino 652 692 745 796 832 846 836 794 823 922
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 70.4% 70.3% 70.7% 69.3% 69.1% 69.1% 70.3% 70.2% 69.1% 69.3%
African American 13.1% 13.9% 13.3% 14.0% 14.1% 13.4% 12.6% 12.2% 12.0% 11.6%
Other/Multi-race 0.6% 0.9% 0.7% 1.0% 0.9% 1.1% 1.2% 0.9% 1.1% 0.9%
Asian 4.0% 3.5% 3.3% 3.4% 3.4% 3.5% 2.9% 3.6% 4.0% 3.8%
Hispanic/Latino 11.9% 11.4% 11.9% 12.3% 12.5% 12.9% 13.0% 13.1% 13.8% 14.4%


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.