Friday, April 13, 2007

A New High...or a low

The United States went over 96 THOUSAND people waiting for organs today.

Waiting list candidates as of today 12:17pm
All 96,003
Kidney 71,120
Pancreas 1,728
Kidney/Pancreas 2,364
Liver 16,912
Intestine 234
Heart 2,781
Lung 2,808
Heart/Lung 125
All candidates will be less than the sum due to candidates waiting for multiple organs

Transplants performed January - January 2007
Total 2,268
Deceased Donor 1,724
Living Donor 544
Based on OPTN data as of 04/06/2007

Donors recovered January - January 2007
Total 1,191
Deceased Donor 648
Living Donor 543
Based on OPTN data as of 04/06/2007

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