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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:
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| Kidney |
2,516 |
| Heart |
57 |
| Lung |
59 |
| Liver |
389 |
| Kidney/liver |
6 |
| Kidney/heart |
2 |
| Pancreas |
39 |
| Kidney/pancreas |
51 |
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| TOTAL |
3,119 |
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In Michigan:
2006 Number of Organ Transplants: 905
2007 Organ Transplants year-to-date: 94
Source: Gift of Life Michigan - February 2007
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Number of Michigan donors since 1988:
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| Deceased donors |
3,629 |
| Living donors |
3,593 |
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| TOTAL DONORS |
7,222 |
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Nationally . . .
- More than 95,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant.
- About 50 percent of those waiting are minorities.
- 18 people die each day waiting for a transplant.
- Every 12 minutes a new name is added to the national waiting list.
- Half of those waiting for a kidney transplant are minorities.
Sources: Gift of Life Michigan and the United Network for Organ Sharing, February 2007
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