Statistics

Despite continuing medical advances, the need for organs, eyes, and tissues is vastly greater than the number available for transplantation. For more information, read the summary below or create a detailed data report on the UNOS Web site.

• More than 1,600 of our Northwest neighbors - and more than 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 2009, LifeCenter Northwest facilitated 119 organ donors and 154 tissue donors, saving the lives of 369 people and enhancing the lives of countless others.
• One donor can save or enhance the lives of more than 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 take place annually, with the need for surgical tissue continues to rise.