Facts About Donation and Transplantation
More than 112,000 Americans are currently waiting for lifesaving organ transplants; more than 600 of them are Oklahoman's.
62% of Oklahoman's have registered to be organ, eye and tissue donors.
More than 8,000 deaths occur every year in the U.S. because organs are not donated in time.
More than 750,000 transplants have taken place since 1988 in the U.S.
In 2019, 39,717 total transplants took place in the U.S. and brought new life to recipients and their families.
There were nearly 7,400 living donor transplants in 2019 in the U.S., an all-time new record.
Every 10 minutes another name is added to the national transplant waiting list.
Every day, 22 Americans die waiting for an organ transplant.
82% of patients waiting are in need of a kidney.
62% of Oklahoman's have registered to be organ, eye and tissue donors.
More than 8,000 deaths occur every year in the U.S. because organs are not donated in time.
More than 750,000 transplants have taken place since 1988 in the U.S.
In 2019, 39,717 total transplants took place in the U.S. and brought new life to recipients and their families.
There were nearly 7,400 living donor transplants in 2019 in the U.S., an all-time new record.
Every 10 minutes another name is added to the national transplant waiting list.
Every day, 22 Americans die waiting for an organ transplant.
82% of patients waiting are in need of a kidney.
More than 1,000,000 tissue transplants are performed in the United States each year.
