|
Patient
Waiting List for Organ Transplants
as of January 2, 2008
|
| ORGAN
NEEDED |
PATIENTS
IN US |
PATIENTS
IN NC |
| Kidney |
74,181 |
2,276 |
| Liver |
16,667 |
477 |
| Pancreas |
1,634 |
33 |
| Kidney-Pancreas |
2,275 |
63 |
| Intestine |
223 |
1 |
| Heart |
2,702 |
77 |
| Heart-Lung |
106 |
4 |
| Lung |
2,249 |
80 |
| TOTAL
|
97,620 |
2,944 |
|
* |
Based
on UNOS Scientific Registry data as
of January 2, 2008 |
** |
Some
patients are waiting for more than one
organ; therefore the total number of patients
is less than the sum of the patients waiting
for each organ. |
| |
PATIENTS
IN US |
PATIENTS
IN NC |
PATIENTS
WHO RECEIVED
TRANSPLANTS IN 2006 |
28,931 |
777 |
PATIENTS
WHO DIED WHILE
WAITING IN 2006 |
6,038 |
197 |
| * |
Based
on UNOS Scientific Registry data as
of August 9, 2007. |
|
| |
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