Data and trends
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Actions to strengthen the U.S. organ donation and transplant system
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State of the system
Updated daily: State of organ donation and transplantation in U.S.
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UNOS collects and reports data on every U.S. organ donor, transplant candidate, recipient and outcome. The data is used to study and advance transplant, inform policy development and help professionals make informed decisions.
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Continuous improvement: Transplant statistics
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2023 donors, deceased and living
23,286
January – December 2023 as of 02/01/2024
2023 transplants
46,630
January – December 2023 as of 02/01/2024
More than 6,900
living donor transplants in 2023
While most living donors provide a kidney for transplant, an increasing number of people donate a segment of their liver.
13th consecutive record-breaking year
More than 16,000
deceased donors in 2023
Even with the continued increase in deceased donation, the need for organ donors is immense.
updated daily
Current state of organ donation and transplantation: Transplant trends
About the dashboard
This dashboard can be used to explore transplant and donor trends and key statistics. This data visualization shows high-level data on transplants, deceased donors recovered, patients added to the waitlist and patients temporarily moved to inactive waitlist status*. It is updated daily. Find detailed and localized data through the preceding month in the OPTN website’s data section.
*A temporary inactivation means that the transplant program has determined that a candidate is temporarily unavailable or unsuitable for transplantation and should not receive organ offers. The transplant program may reactivate the candidate at any time.
This dashboard is updated monthly, typically during the third week of the month. You may experience short periods of temporary interruption during this time.