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Table 2.9

Living Donor Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Kidney Donors

Donor Relation 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
Parent 722 845 803 769 716 729 610 602 561 582
Offspring 979 1,059 1,158 1,136 1,204 1,211 1,182 1,033 1,008 1,082
Full Sibling 11 11 14 11 9 11 15 10 11 13
Full Sibling 1,838 1,880 1,809 1,852 1,836 1,666 1,641 1,473 1,409 1,405
Half Sibling 71 91 67 83 66 82 65 63 56 65
Other Relative 411 468 494 478 510 506 491 491 464 503
Spouse Unrelated 669 716 720 731 784 790 779 753 717 792
Other Unrelated 776 930 1,116 1,330 1,436 1,496 1,571 1,442 1,561 1,698
Unknown 23 45 59 83 86 80 81 176 181 248
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Parent 13.1% 14.0% 12.9% 11.9% 10.8% 11.1% 9.5% 10.0% 9.4% 9.1%
Offspring 17.8% 17.5% 18.6% 17.5% 18.1% 18.4% 18.4% 17.1% 16.9% 16.9%
Full Sibling 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Full Sibling 33.4% 31.1% 29.0% 28.6% 27.6% 25.4% 25.5% 24.4% 23.6% 22.0%
Half Sibling 1.3% 1.5% 1.1% 1.3% 1.0% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 1.0%
Other Relative 7.5% 7.7% 7.9% 7.4% 7.7% 7.7% 7.6% 8.1% 7.8% 7.9%
Spouse Unrelated 12.2% 11.8% 11.5% 11.3% 11.8% 12.0% 12.1% 12.5% 12.0% 12.4%
Other Unrelated 14.1% 15.4% 17.9% 20.5% 21.6% 22.8% 24.4% 23.9% 26.2% 26.6%
Unknown 0.4% 0.7% 0.9% 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 1.3% 2.9% 3.0% 3.9%


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.