Shocking Statistics about Kidney Transplants
- According to UCLA, If just 0.5 percent of the nation’s adults became living kidney donors, the kidney transplant waiting list would be wiped out 15 times over.
- There are over 100,000 people waiting for a Kidney Transplant
- Approximately, 4,500 people die every year waiting for a Kidney Transplant
- Only 16,000 people get Kidney Transplants every year in the United States
- Of the 16,000 annual Kidney Transplants, as many as 40% of them (or 6,400) come from Living Kidney Donors.
- Average national wait time for a Kidney Transplant is 5 to 7 years
Reference used: kidneybuzz.com
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