A new high

It looks like the U.S. hit a new high today regarding the number of people waiting for organs. With that in mind, April is National Donate Life month. I have a permalink on the right nav bar.

Waiting list candidates as of today 4:45pm
All	95,502
Kidney	70,545
Pancreas	1,745
Kidney/Pancreas	2,373
Liver	16,944
Intestine	232
Heart	2,819
Lung	2,820
Heart/Lung	124
All candidates will be less than the sum due to candidates waiting for multiple organs

Transplants performed January - December 2006
Total	28,926
Deceased Donor	22,200
Living Donor	6,726
Based on OPTN data as of 03/09/2007

Donors recovered January - December 2006
Total	14,748
Deceased Donor	8,022
Living Donor	6,726
Based on OPTN data as of 03/09/2007