- A single organ and tissue donor can save or enhance the lives of up to 75 people.
- Nearly 115,000 individuals are awaiting organ transplants, approximately 10% are from New York State.
- Approximately 74 organ transplants take place every day in the US.
- Sadly, an average of 22 patients die every day, simply because the organ they needed did not become available in time.
- On average, 118 people are added to the nation’s organ waiting list each day- one every 10 minutes.
- The time span between organ recovery to transplantation can be anywhere from 4-72 hours.
- Don’t rule yourself out as a organ donor because of age or medical condition. Physicians will determine at the time of death what organs and tissues can be donated.
- More than 1 million tissue transplants are performed each year, but the surgical need for tissue continues to rise.
- 1 out of 3 organ and tissue donors are over the age of 50.
- 82% of patients waiting for an organ transplant need a kidney.
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