FACTS ABOUT TRANSPLANTATION IN THE UNITED STATES (OPTN/UNOS)

FACTS ABOUT TRANSPLANTATION IN THE UNITED STATES (OPTN/UNOS)

On January 12, 2007, the OPTN National patient waiting list for organ transplant includes the following:

· 73,534 registrations for a kidney transplant.

· 17,505 registrations for a liver transplant.

· 1,779 registrations for a pancreas transplant.

· 298 registrations for a pancreas islet cell.

· 2,463 registrations for a kidney-pancreas transplant.

· 233 registrations for an intestine transplant.

· 2,850 registrations for a heart transplant.

· 137 registrations for a heart-lung transplant.

· 2,887 registrations for a lung transplant.

· 101,686 TOTAL REGISTRATIONS

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· 69,695 patients waiting for a kidney transplant.

· 17,025 patients waiting for a liver transplant.

· 1,752 patients waiting for a pancreas transplant.

· 297 patients waiting for a pancreas islet cell.

· 2,405 patients waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant.

· 232 patients waiting for an intestine transplant.

· 2,838 patients waiting for a heart transplant.

· 137 patients waiting for a heart-lung transplant.

· 2,860 patients waiting for a lung transplant.

· 94,488 TOTAL PATIENTS*

NOTE: OPTN/UNOS policies allow patients to be listed with more than one transplant center (multiple-listing), and thus the number of registrations is greater than the actual number of patients.

* Some patients are waiting for more than one organ, therefore the total number of patients is less than the sum of patients waiting for each organ.

Numbers of Transplants Performed, 2005**

· 16,476 kidney alone transplants (6,562 were living donors)

· 6,444 liver transplants.

· 541 pancreas alone transplants.

· 903 kidney-pancreas transplant.

· 178 intestine transplants.

· 2,125 heart transplants.

· 35 heart-lung transplants.

· 1,406 lung transplants.

· 28,110 TOTAL

Number of Donors Recovered, 2005**

· 7,593 Deceased

· 6,896 Living

· 14,489 TOTAL

During 2005 6,342 patients were removed from the OPTN National patient waiting list for reason of death.**

** Based on OPTN data as of June 9, 2006. Double kidney, double lung and heart-lung transplants are counted as one transplant.

NOTE: Data subject to change due to future data submission or correction.

As of June 12, 2006, OPTN membership included the following:

· 257 Transplant Centers

· 1 Business Members.

· 58 Operating Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs)

· 155 Histocompatibility Laboratories

· 10 General Public Members.

· 24 Medical/Scientific Organizations

· 12 Individual

· 414 TOTAL*

* There are 8 OPTN members that operate both transplant centers and in-house OPOs and 95 that operate both transplant centers and in-house histocompatibility laboratories. These members are included in both the count of transplant centers and operating OPOs. For this reason, the total number of members is less than the sum of the different categories.

As of June 12, 2006 257 medical institutions in the United States operate an organ transplant program. These transplant centers can be separated into organ specific programs that include the following active programs:

· 248 Kidney Transplant Programs

· 126 Liver Transplant Programs

· 143 Pancreas Transplant Programs

· 28 Pancreas Islet Cell Transplant Programs

· 46 Intestine Transplant Programs

· 135 Heart Transplant Programs

· 60 Heart/Lung Transplant Programs

· 68 Lung Transplant Programs

· 854 TOTAL