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Transplant
Medicine in Numbers
Every 10
minutes, someone is added to the national transplant waiting list.
On average,
20 people die each day while waiting for a transplant (more than 7,000
candidates died in 2016).
1 person
can donate up to 8 lifesaving organs: heart, 2 lungs, liver pancreas, 2
kidneys, and intestines
1 donor can
also improve the lives of up to 50 people by donating tissues and eyes
33,611
transplants were performed in 2016
About 710,000
transplants were performed between 1988 and 2017 in the USA
More than
116,000 people are currently on the transplant waiting list in the USA
95% of American
adults support organ donation
54% are
actually signed up as donors
Only 3 in 1,000
people die in a way that allows for organ donation More Information: The
promise of organ and tissue preservation to transform medicine Learn more at organdonor.gov |
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