Donation and Transplantation Statistics
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Approximately 79 organ transplants take place every day in the U.S.
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On average, a single tissue donor can save or enhance the lives of more than
50 people.
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More than 26,000 patients began new lives in 2011 thanks to organ
transplants.
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Over 42,500 patients had their sight restored last year through cornea
transplants.
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A living donor can provide a kidney or a portion of their liver, lung, pancreas
or intestine.
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The number of unrelated living donors has more than tripled since 1998.
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To learn more about living donation visit
www.transplantliving.org/livingdonation.
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More than one third of all deceased donors are 50 or older.
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Sadly, an average of 18 patients die every day while waiting, simply because
the organ they needed did not become available in time.
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On average, 142 people are added to the nation’s organ transplant waiting list
each day—one every 10 minutes.
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More than 110,000 people are currently waiting for an organ transplant in the
U.S. More than 600 of them are 5 years old or younger.
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Annually, there are more than 30,000 tissue donors and 56,000 cornea
donors.
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More than 1 million tissue transplants are done each year and the surgical need
for tissue has been steadily rising.
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To register to be an organ, eye and tissue donor visit www.donatelifeamerica.org.
* as of January 26, 2012