Facts About Donation and Transplantation
More than 118,000 Americans are currently waiting for lifesaving organ transplants; more than 700 of them are Oklahoman's.
59% of Oklahoman's have registered to be organ, eye and tissue donors.
More than 8,000 Americans died in 2016 waiting for lifesaving organ transplants; 27 of them were Oklahoman's.
More than 33,600 Americans received a transplant in 2016;
325 of them were Oklahomans.
There were 9,970 deceased organ donors in America in 2016;
180 of them were Oklahomans.
More than 82,994 sight-restoring corneal transplants were performed in the United States in 2016; 325 of them were Oklahomans.
Every 10 minutes another name is added to the national organ
transplant waiting list.
Every day, 22 Americans die waiting for an organ transplant.
More than 1,000,000 tissue transplants are performed in the United States each year.
Each day in the United States 92 people receive a transplant.
59% of Oklahoman's have registered to be organ, eye and tissue donors.
More than 8,000 Americans died in 2016 waiting for lifesaving organ transplants; 27 of them were Oklahoman's.
More than 33,600 Americans received a transplant in 2016;
325 of them were Oklahomans.
There were 9,970 deceased organ donors in America in 2016;
180 of them were Oklahomans.
More than 82,994 sight-restoring corneal transplants were performed in the United States in 2016; 325 of them were Oklahomans.
Every 10 minutes another name is added to the national organ
transplant waiting list.
Every day, 22 Americans die waiting for an organ transplant.
More than 1,000,000 tissue transplants are performed in the United States each year.
Each day in the United States 92 people receive a transplant.
