Statistics

Although there have been advances in medical technology and donation, the demand for organ, eye, and tissue donation still greatly exceeds the number of donors. For more information, read the summary below or create a detailed data report on the UNOS Web site.

• More than 1,500 of our Northwest neighbors - and nearly 100,000 men, women and children nation wide are currently in need of life-saving organ transplants.
• Every 13 minutes another person is added to the national organ transplant waiting list.
• An average of 18 people die each day from the lack of available organs for transplant.
• In 2007, LifeCenter Northwest carried out 148 organ donor and donor family’s wishes saving the lives of 475 of our Northwest neighbors.
• One donor can save or enhance the lives of over 50 people.
• More than 46,000 cornea transplants are performed every year, returning the gift of sight to those who have lost their vision.
• More than 1 million tissue transplants are done each year and the need for surgical tissue has been steadily rising.