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Table 2.10

Living Donor Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Liver Segment Donors

Donor Relation Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 406 524 363 322 323 323 288 266 249 219
Parent 105 95 63 52 45 52 50 56 52 38
Offspring 114 161 96 92 89 92 76 67 57 50
Full Sibling 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - 1
Full Sibling 69 73 75 50 58 52 48 41 32 31
Half Sibling 2 2 3 4 3 - - 2 4 -
Other Relative 34 44 28 31 30 33 34 32 32 24
Spouse Unrelated 22 40 24 22 21 21 14 12 11 13
Other Unrelated 49 99 68 66 70 57 51 48 52 42
Unknown 10 9 6 4 6 15 14 8 9 20
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Parent 25.9% 18.1% 17.4% 16.1% 13.9% 16.1% 17.4% 21.1% 20.9% 17.4%
Offspring 28.1% 30.7% 26.4% 28.6% 27.6% 28.5% 26.4% 25.2% 22.9% 22.8%
Full Sibling 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
Full Sibling 17.0% 13.9% 20.7% 15.5% 18.0% 16.1% 16.7% 15.4% 12.9% 14.2%
Half Sibling 0.5% 0.4% 0.8% 1.2% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8% 1.6% 0.0%
Other Relative 8.4% 8.4% 7.7% 9.6% 9.3% 10.2% 11.8% 12.0% 12.9% 11.0%
Spouse Unrelated 5.4% 7.6% 6.6% 6.8% 6.5% 6.5% 4.9% 4.5% 4.4% 5.9%
Other Unrelated 12.1% 18.9% 18.7% 20.5% 21.7% 17.6% 17.7% 18.0% 20.9% 19.2%
Unknown 2.5% 1.7% 1.7% 1.2% 1.9% 4.6% 4.9% 3.0% 3.6% 9.1%


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.