Waiting for Organs

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  WAITING FOR ORGANS
 
The United Network for Organ Sharing's waiting list for organ transplants surpassed 100,000 people last fall for the first time since the list's creation more than 20 years ago.

Here's a breakdown of who is waiting for what:

• Total people on the list: 100,4571

• Kidney: 78,170
• Liver: 15,848
• Heart: 2,715
• Kidney/Pancreas: 2,238
• Lung: 2,010
• Pancreas: 1,578
• Intestine: 216
• Heart/Lung: 89


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Waiting times

• Less than 30 days: 3,155
• 30 to 89 days: 6,923
• 90 days to less than 6 months: 9,354
• 6 months to 1 year: 16,091
• 1 to 2 years: 23,557
• 2 to 3 years: 15,443
• 3 to 5 years: 16,475
• 5 or more years: 13,280

Source: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. 1 - The total is more than the number of people on the list because some people need multiple organs