Flyer on Organ Donor Statistics

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The following information was distributed this week by Golden State

Donor Services, Sacramento, Calif. Here is info:

FACTS ABOUT TRANSPLANTATION IN THE UNITED STATES

On March 23, 2007, the OPTN National patient waiting list for organ

transplant includes the following:

· 74,518 registrations for a kidney transplant.

· 17,445 registrations for a liver transplant.

· 1,764 registrations for a pancreas transplant.

· 290 registrations for a pancreas islet cell.

· 2,441 registrations for a kidney-pancreas transplant.

· 233 registrations for an intestine transplant.

· 2,852 registrations for a heart transplant.

· 119 registrations for a heart-lung transplant.

· 2,849 registrations for a lung transplant.

· 102,511 TOTAL REGISTRATIONS

· 70,679 patients waiting for a kidney transplant.

· 16,961 patients waiting for a liver transplant.

· 1,734 patients waiting for a pancreas transplant.

· 289 patients waiting for a pancreas islet cell.

· 2,381 patients waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant.

· 232 patients waiting for an intestine transplant.

· 2,840 patients waiting for a heart transplant.

· 119 patients waiting for a heart-lung transplant.

· 2,825 patients waiting for a lung transplant.

· 95,339 TOTAL PATIENTS*

NOTE: OPTN/UNOS policies allow patients to be listed with more than

one transplant center (multiple-listing), and thus the number of

registrations is greater than the actual number of patients.

* Some patients are waiting for more than one organ, therefore the

total number of patients is less than the sum of patients waiting for

each organ.

Numbers of Transplants Performed, 2006**

· 17,087 kidney alone transplants (6,428 were living donors)

· 6,650 liver transplants.

· 462 pancreas alone transplants.

· 924 kidney-pancreas transplant.

· 175 intestine transplants.

· 2,192 heart transplants.

· 31 heart-lung transplants.

· 1,405 lung transplants.

· 28,926 TOTAL

Number of Donors Recovered, 2006**

· 8,022 Deceased

· 6,726 Living

· 14,748 TOTAL

During 2006 5,955 patients were removed from the OPTN National patient

waiting list for reason of death.**

** Based on OPTN data as of March 9, 2007. Double kidney, double lung

and heart-lung transplants are counted as one transplant.

NOTE: Data subject to change due to future data submission or correction.

As of June 12, 2006, OPTN membership included the following:

· 257 Transplant Centers

· 1 Business Members.

· 58 Operating Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs)

· 155 Histocompatibility Laboratories

· 10 General Public Members.

· 24 Medical/Scientific Organizations

· 12 Individual

· 414 TOTAL*

* There are 8 OPTN members that operate both transplant centers and

in-house OPOs and 95 that operate both transplant centers and in-house

histocompatibility laboratories. These members are included in both

the count of transplant centers and operating OPOs. For this reason,

the total number of members is less than the sum of the different

categories.

As of June 12, 2006 257 medical institutions in the United States

operate an organ transplant program. These transplant centers can be

separated into organ specific programs that include the following

active programs:

· 248 Kidney Transplant Programs

· 126 Liver Transplant Programs

· 143 Pancreas Transplant Programs

· 28 Pancreas Islet Cell Transplant Programs

· 46 Intestine Transplant Programs

· 135 Heart Transplant Programs

· 60 Heart/Lung Transplant Programs

· 68 Lung Transplant Programs

854 TOTAL

Sorry it did not line up as nicely as the original.

Joanne

(, Ca; mom of , 16, UC/PSC 2-06; JRA 1998)