Current Statistics

Orga­ni­za­tions like IDN work dai­ly to iden­ti­fy eli­gi­ble donors and make organs and tis­sue avail­able to peo­ple wait­ing for life­sav­ing and life-enhanc­ing trans­plants. View the infor­ma­tion and link on this page to see how we’re address­ing this chal­lenge to give hope and life to peo­ple in need.

Stats and Facts

• Every 9 min­utes a new per­son is added to the nation­al organ trans­plant wait­ing list.
• An aver­age of 17 peo­ple die each day while waiting.
• On aver­age, 112 trans­plants take place every­day in the U.S.
• In 2021, the lives of near­ly 41,000 Amer­i­cans were saved by organ donation.
• One donor can save up to 8 lives through organ dona­tion and save and heal 50 – 300 lives through tis­sue donation.
• Every driver’s edu­ca­tion class in Iowa must have one edu­ca­tion­al ses­sion on organ, tis­sue, and eye dona­tion for their students.

View the Lat­est Dona­tion Statistics