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Statistics About Organ And Tissue Donation And Transplantation

National


Current Waiting List Candidates	100,535 (As of Jan. 20, 2009)
Transplants in 2008 as of 10/31/08	23,288
Living Donors in 2008 as of 10/31/08	5,150
Deceased Donors in 2008 as of 10/31/08	6,659

Oklahoma


Current Waiting List Candidates	687 (As of Jan. 19, 2009)
Transplants in 2008 as of 10/31/08	184
Living Donors in 2008 as of 10/31/08	21
Deceased Donors in 2008 as of 10/31/08	85

2008

	More than 100,000 Americans were waiting for lifesaving organ transplants in 2008; 600 of them were Oklahomans
	More than 5,119 Americans died waiting for lifesaving organ transplants in 2008; 38 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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ORGAN DONOR FACTOID

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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