Donation and Transplantation Statistics
Approximately 78 organ transplants take place every day in the United States
On average, a single tissue donor can save or enhance the lives of up to 50
people.
More than 28,500 patients began new lives in 2011 thanks to organ
transplants.
Over 42,500 patients had their sight restored last year through cornea
transplants.
A living donor can provide a kidney or a portion of their liver, lung, pancreas
or intestine.
The number of unrelated living donors has more than tripled since 1998.
To learn more about living donation visit www.transplantliving.org/livingdonation.
More than one third of all deceased donors are 50 or older.
Sadly, an average of 18 patients die every day while waiting, simply because
the organ they needed did not become available in time.
On average, 138 people are added to the nation’s organ transplant waiting list
each day—one every 10 minutes.
More than 115,000 people are currently waiting for an organ transplant in the
U.S. About than 600 of them are 5 years old or younger.
Nearly 35% of patients awaiting kidney transplants are African American.
In 2011, there were more than 20,000 tissue donors and 60,000 cornea
donors.
More than 1 million tissue transplants are done each year and the surgical need
for tissue has been steadily rising.
More than 100 million people, nearly 43 percent of the U.S. adult population,
are registered as organ, eye and tissue donors.
To register to be an organ, eye and tissue donor visit www.donatelife.net.
*as of September 5, 2012
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