Statistics

Local

144 generous organ donors in 2017 made 407 lifesaving transplants possible in our area, while another 156 generous living donors saved lives.
1,752 generous tissue donors provided an estimated 131,400 lifesaving and healing gifts to patients suffering from trauma or disease in 2017 in our area.
2,687 eye donors in our area in 2017 resulted in 2,692 sight-restoring corneal transplants.
Nearly 2,500 people in our community are currently waiting for a lifesaving transplant.

An average of 92 organ transplants take place every day in the United States.
34,768 organ transplants were performed using organs from both deceased and living donors in 2017, marking the fifth consecutive record-setting year for transplants in the U.S.
In 2017, 82% (28,587) of the transplants performed involved organs from deceased donors. Living donor transplants accounted for the remaining 18 % (6,181).
Nearly 2,500 people in our community are currently waiting for a lifesaving transplant.
Organs were recovered from 10,281 deceased organ donors in 2017, a 27% increase over the last decade.
In the 30-year span from 1988 through 2017, a total of 721,742 transplants have been performed nationwide.
Every 10 minutes someone is added to the national organ transplant waiting list.
Nearly 120,000 people nationwide are currently waiting for a life saving transplant.

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