But, he said, the number of people waiting for organs – now 121,700 – “still dwarfs the numbers of donors each year.” As of Tuesday, 78,122 of the people on the waiting list were considered “active,” meaning they are eligible for transplant right away. People may move on and off the active list as their health fluctuates, Klassen said. Most are waiting for kidneys, which can come from living or deceased donors. each day, about 22 people die while waiting for organs, the network says.

We could save thousands of more lives each year if more Americans would just take a little time to register as donor, talk to their families about their wishes,” and encourage others to do the same, said David Fleming. It’s great news that the number of transplants continues to increase each year,” said Jennifer Martin, vice president for constituent services at the National Kidney Foundation, a non-profit advocacy group.  “But there’s still a lot of work to do to get organs for everyone who needs them.

Details from the 2015 transplant data: 81% of transplanted organs came from deceased donors. The share of donors and recipients who were African American or Hispanic continued to increase –  important because they are over-represented on transplant waiting lists. Nearly 22% of recipients were African American and 15.5% were Hispanic. Kidneys accounted for nearly 58% of transplants, followed by livers (23%), hearts (9%) and lungs (7%).

Source:Dialysis World Nigeria