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