These numbers represent people - family, friends and neighbors. It is the goal of the Department of State along with its organ donation partners to decrease the number of people waiting for a transplant. You can help by adding your name to the Michigan Organ Donor Registry.

In the United States . . .

• More than 110,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant.
• On average, 18 people die each day waiting for a transplant.
• Every 10 minutes a new name is added to the national waiting list.

Source: Donate Life America, April 2012