Statistics

Organ and Tissue Donation Statistics:

The national waiting list for organ donation is rising at the alarming rate of a new name every ten minutes, with 99,235 people currently on the list (8/15/08);
In 2007, 28,357 individuals received a life-saving organ transplant thanks to the generosity of a donor;
An average of 19 men, women, and children die each day waiting for an organ transplant; in 2006, there were 7,114 people who died waiting;
In Ohio, approximately 2,800 people are waiting for an organ transplant at any one time, and hundreds more await tissue transplants;
In Central Ohio, approximately 650 people are waiting for an organ transplant at any one time;
In 2007, 211 Ohioans died waiting for a transplant - about one individual every other day;
More than 1 million people benefit from tissue transplants each year;
In 2007, Lifeline of Ohio recovered organs from 98 donors and tissue from 323 donors;
A single tissue donor can improve the quality of life for more than 50 people;
More than 95 percent of American adults approve of donation as a viable, life-giving practice.

Nationally, a total of 99,235 patients were waiting for a transplant as of August 15, 2008. Following is a list by type of transplant needed:

76,473 patients waiting for a kidney transplant
16,141 patients waiting for a liver transplant
1,577 patients waiting for a pancreas transplant
2,269 patients waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant
229 patients waiting for an intestine transplant
2,658 patients waiting for a heart transplant
97 patients waiting for a heart-lung transplant
2,137 patients waiting for a lung transplant

99,235 TOTAL PATIENTS WAITING*
* Some patients are waiting for more than one organ, therefore, the total number of patients is less than the sum of patients waiting for each organ.

Numbers of Transplants Performed During 2007

16,622 kidney transplants
6,492 liver transplants
469 pancreas transplants
862 kidney-pancreas transplants
198 intestine transplants
2,210 heart transplants
30 heart-lung transplants
1,469 lung transplants

28,352 TOTAL TRANSPLANTS PERFORMED*

* Based on data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as of February 29, 2008 -- data subject to change due to future submissions or corrections.

Number of Donors, 2007

8,088 Deceased
6,307 Living