What are the effects of being on the waiting list and donation?

  • Kidney transplants have a 90-95% success rate

  • US has a 7.5% increase in dead donors from 2021-2022

  • A name is added to the transplant waiting list every 9 minutes

  • Around 16 people die every day from not having enough organs to transplant

  • 1 dead donor can save up to eight lives

  • 1 dead donor can save or enhance more than 75 lives through tissue donation

  • 6,000 living donations happen each year

  • You can’t buy and sell human organs to transplant but is allowed for research

  • Illegal in most countries

  • Liver and kidney diseases kill over 96,000 yearly

  • More than breast cancer and prostate cancer together

  • 1 in 7 or 37 million Americans have kidney disease

  • Organ disease is a big public health issues

  • Organ transplants are a lifesaving option

  • Almost as many people are dying each year of organ disease as the people that are on the transplant list

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