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Fast facts
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Data
Fast facts
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Data
Serving as the OPTN, UNOS has collected data on every organ donation and transplant event occurring in the U.S. since October 1, 1987.
Equity in access
Monitors trends related to access to deceased donor transplants among active transplant candidates.
Current state
Updated daily: State of organ donation and transplantation in U.S.
Under deadline? We’re here to assist and your message will receive a prompt response. Email newsroom@unos.org
Fast facts
Organ transplants are increasing
Even in the midst of a pandemic, the U.S. is breaking records:
- U.S. officially surpassed 40,000 transplants in one year, a historic first for the nation
- Liver transplants increased by 5.1 percent since policy implementation
- 22% increase in kidney transplants with policy change
FAQs
- What does UNOS do?
- About deceased organ donation
- Who decides who gets a donated organ?
- Who does what: The national organ transplant system
- Organ Procurement Organizations: Increasing organ donation
Waiting for an organ is not waiting in line
- The waitlist is better described as a giant pool of patients. Watch a video
- The transplant journey and the technology that drives it
Glossary
Understand concepts and terminology used in discussing donation and transplantation.
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is the mission-driven non-profit serving as the nation’s transplant system under contract with the federal government. We lead the network of transplant hospitals, organ procurement organizations, and thousands of volunteers who are dedicated to honoring the gifts of life entrusted to us and to making lifesaving transplants possible for patients in need. Working together, we leverage data and advances in science and technology to continuously strengthen the system, increase the number of organs recovered and the number of transplants performed, and ensure patients across the nation have equitable access to transplant.
Interview an expert
and the patients they serve
We can connect you with transplant patients and the people innovating and improving the organ donation and transplant system:
- medical practitioners
- policy experts
- behavioral scientists
- biostatisticians
- data scientists
- technology innovators
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