Waiting List Data
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) maintains the national waiting list for organ transplants. The below data is from UNOS, which maintains a website at www.unos.org.
Transplant Waiting List for Organ Transplants of October 10, 2008.
Organ Needed |
Patients in US |
Patients in AL |
Kidney |
77,746 |
3,018 |
Liver |
16,053 |
81 |
Pancreas |
1,609 |
30 |
Kidney/Pancreas |
2,258 |
33 |
Heart |
2,703 |
57 |
Lung |
2,122 |
42 |
Heart/Lung |
98 |
7 |
Intestine |
231 |
0 |
Total |
100,363* |
3,215* |
* Totals may be less than the sums due to patients included in multiple categories.
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