Statistics on Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation

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Number of Organ Donors January 1 - March 31, 2008: Total: 3,375 (1,973 non-living donors; 1,402 living donors)

Internal Organ Transplants January 1 - March 31, 2008:

3,812 kidney transplants performed (2,473 deceased donors; 1,339 living donors)
192 kidney-pancreas transplants performed
41 intestine transplants performed
491 heart transplants performed
1,597 liver transplants performed (1,533 deceased donors; 64 living donors)
106 pancreas transplants performed
4 heart/lung transplants performed
382 lung transplants performed (382 deceased donors; 0 living donors)

6,625 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 - July 1, 2008

76,373 people waiting for a kidney transplant
16,231 people waiting for a liver transplant
1,614 people waiting for a pancreas transplant
2,313 people waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant
235 people waiting for an intestine transplant
2,626 people waiting for a heart transplant
101 people waiting for a heart-lung transplant
2,110 people waiting for a lung transplant

^*99,080 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.

Internal Organ Transplants - January 1 -March 31, 2008

122 kidney transplants performed (75 deceased donors; 47 living donors)
7 kidney-pancreas transplants performed
0 intestine transplants performed
17 heart transplants performed
41 liver transplants performed (6,227 deceased donors: 265 living donors)
4 pancreas transplants performed
0 heart/lung transplants performed
13 lung transplants performed (1,466 deceased donors: 3 living donors)

^*204 TOTAL

Organ Transplant Waiting List - March 2008

1,577 people are waiting for a kidney transplant
343 people are waiting for a liver transplant
30 people are waiting for a pancreas transplant
46 people are waiting for a combined kidney/pancreas transplant
58 people are waiting for a heart transplant
56 people are waiting for a lung transplant
3 people are waiting for a heart/lung transplant
8 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.