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Statistics About Organ And Tissue Donation And Transplantation

National

Current Waiting List Candidates	98,319 (As of March 12, 2008)
Number of Transplants	28,354
Number of Living and Deceased Donors	14,395
Number of Living Donors	6,308
Number of Deceased Donors	8,087

Oklahoma

Current Waiting List Candidates	590 (As of March 12, 2008)
Number of Transplants	216
Number of Living and Deceased Donors	137
Number of Living Donors	25
Number of Deceased Donors	112

2007

	More than 97,000 Americans were waiting for lifesaving organ transplants in 2007; 590 of them were Oklahomans
	More than 6,431 Americans died waiting for lifesaving organ transplants in 2007; 40 of them were Oklahomans
	Every 11 minutes another name is added to the national organ transplant waiting list
	Every day, 18 Americans die waiting for an organ transplant

For more statistics please use the following link www.optn.org/data. This link will also give you statistics for each state and other useful transplant related statistics.

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Q. Do celebrities and people with money get transplanted quicker than those without?
A. The placement of organs is done form a national list starting with our state. The order in which the list is kept is based upon severity of the patients illness, time spent waiting, blood type, and other important medical information.

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