Friday, February 02, 2007

A milestone has been reached

I don't know exactly when, but the United States now has reached the number of 95,000 people waiting for an organ.


Waiting list candidates as of today 2:10pm
All 95,001
Kidney 69,915
Pancreas 1,747
Kidney/Pancreas 2,391
Liver 16,986
Intestine 235
Heart 2,858
Lung 2,866
Heart/Lung 135
All candidates will be less than the sum due to candidates waiting for multiple organs

Transplants performed January - October 2006
Total 24,445
Deceased Donor 18,793
Living Donor 5,652
Based on OPTN data as of 01/26/2007

Donors recovered January - October 2006
Total 12,401
Deceased Donor 6,750
Living Donor 5,651
Based on OPTN data as of 01/26/2007

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