Statistics on Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation

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Internal Organ Transplants January 1 - December 31, 2007:

16,623 kidney transplants performed (10,587 deceased donors; 6,036 living donors)
862 kidney-pancreas transplants performed
198 intestine transplants performed
2,210 heart transplants performed
6,492 liver transplants performed (6,227 deceased donors; 265 living donors)
469 pancreas transplants performed
30 heart/lung transplants performed
1,469 lung transplants performed (1,466 deceased donors; 3 living donors)

28,353 TOTAL

Because there are not enough donors to meet the growing need for organs and tissues for transplant, thousands of people are on waiting lists.

Organ Transplant Waiting List - March 24, 2008

75,034 people waiting for a kidney transplant
16,390 people waiting for a liver transplant
1,620 people waiting for a pancreas transplant
2,251 people waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant
224 people waiting for an intestine transplant
2,669 people waiting for a heart transplant
103 people waiting for a heart-lung transplant
2,122 people waiting for a lung transplant

^*98,462 Total # of People on Waiting List

^*Some patients are waiting for more than one organ; therefore the total number of people on the waiting list is less than the sum of people waiting for each organ.

Number of Organ Donors - January 1 - December 31, 2007
Total: 28,353 (22,048 non-living donors; 6,305 living donors)

Internal Organ Transplants - January 1 -December 31, 2007

16,623 kidney transplants performed (10,587 deceased donors; 6,036 living donors)
862 kidney-pancreas transplants performed
198 intestine transplants performed
2,210 heart transplants performed
6,492 liver transplants performed (6,227 deceased donors: 265 living donors)
469 pancreas transplants performed
30 heart/lung transplants performed
1,469 lung transplants performed (1,466 deceased donors: 3 living donors)

^*28,353 TOTAL

Organ Transplant Waiting List - March 2008

1,545 people are waiting for a kidney transplant
357 people are waiting for a liver transplant
27 people are waiting for a pancreas transplant
54 people are waiting for a combined kidney/pancreas transplant
52 people are waiting for a heart transplant
48 people are waiting for a lung transplant
3 people are waiting for a heart/lung transplant
6 people are waiting for an intestine transplant

^*2,013 Total # of People on Waiting List

^*Some patients are waiting for more than one organ; therefore the total number of people on the waiting list is less than the sum of people waiting for each organ.