|
Patient
Waiting List for Organ Transplants
as of August 19, 2010 .
|
| ORGAN
NEEDED |
PATIENTS
IN US |
PATIENTS
IN NC |
| Kidney |
85,728 |
2,744 |
| Liver |
15,979 |
361 |
| Pancreas |
1,430 |
34 |
| Kidney-Pancreas |
2,185 |
82 |
| Intestine |
249 |
1 |
| Heart |
3,135 |
120 |
| Heart-Lung |
78 |
1 |
| Lung |
1,801 |
54 |
| TOTAL
|
108,199 |
3,328 |
|
* |
Based
on UNOS Scientific Registry data as
of August 19, 2010. |
** |
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 2009 |
28,464 |
908 |
PATIENTS
WHO DIED WHILE
WAITING IN 2009 |
7,025 |
195 |
| * |
Based
on UNOS Scientific Registry data as
of August 19, 2010. |
|
| |
