Did You Know?
- Approximately 77 organ transplants take place every day in the U.S.
- On average, a single tissue donor can save or enhance the lives of up to 50 people.
- Nearly 28,000 patients began new lives in 2008 thanks to organ transplants.
- Over 40,000 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.
- Almost two-thirds of all living donors are relatives of their recipient, most commonly siblings.
- The number of unrelated living donors has more than tripled since 1998.
- One in 9 deceased donors is age 65 or over.
- 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, 134 people are added to the nation's organ transplant waiting list each day-one every 11 minutes.
- More than 105,000 people are currently waiting for an organ transplant in the U.S. More than 600 of them are 5 years old or younger.
- Almost 35% of patients awaiting kidney transplants are African American.
- Annually, there are more than 25,000 tissue donors and 70,000 cornea donors.
- More than 1 million tissue transplants are done each year and the surgical need for tissue has been steadily rising.
Information from Donate Life America
