ORGAN DONATIONS FACTS & FIGURES

THE NEED

More than 100,000 men, women and children are waiting for lifesaving organ transplants.

The largest football stadium in the U.S. could not fit the number of patients on the national transplant waiting list.

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EVERY 10 MINUTES

Another person is added to the national transplant waiting list.

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7000 DEATHS

Occur every year in the U.S. because organs are not donated in time.

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20 PEOPLE

Die each day because the organ they need is not donated in time.

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85%

Of patients waiting need a kidney.

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1 OUT OF 3

Deceased donors is over the age of 50.

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YOU HAVE THE POWER TO HELP

If I donated

my organs, my cornea, my tissue

I would be able to save up to 8 lives.

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IN 2020

18,300 donors brought new life to recipients and their families.

860,000 transplants have taken place since 1988.

There is no age limit that precludes donation.

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WHOLE BODY DONATION:

If interested see the following website: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uploads/ sites/18/2016/05/VSAP-Brochure-Updated-2015.pdf

Medical Tip from the Resident Council Health Services Committee