|
Patient
Waiting List for Organ Transplants
as of January 26, 2012. |
| ORGAN
NEEDED |
PATIENTS
IN US |
PATIENTS
IN NC |
| Kidney |
90,621 |
3,074 |
| Liver |
16,081 |
326 |
| Pancreas |
1,318 |
46 |
| Kidney-Pancreas |
2,128 |
83 |
| Intestine |
275 |
3 |
| Heart |
3,124 |
105 |
| Heart-Lung |
61 |
0 |
| Lung |
1,678 |
17 |
| TOTAL |
112,637 |
3,573 |
|
* |
Based
on UNOS Scientific Registry data as
of January 26, 2012. |
** |
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 2010 |
28,662 |
1,042 |
PATIENTS
WHO DIED WHILE
WAITING IN 2010 |
6,598 |
187 |
| * |
Based
on UNOS Scientific Registry data as
of January 26, 2012. |
|
| |
