Statistics
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.
Number of Michigan residents waiting for:
| |
Kidney |
2,553 |
|
Liver |
327 |
| |
Lung |
96 |
| |
Heart |
78 |
| |
Kidney/Pancreas |
44 |
| |
Pancreas |
13 |
|
Kidney/Liver |
12 |
| |
Intestine |
5 |
| |
|
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| |
TOTAL |
3,135 |
In Michigan:
2009 Number of Organ Transplants: 864
2010 Number of Organ Transplants: 786
2011 Number of Organ Transplants: 792
Source: Gift of Life Michigan, March 1, 2013
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
