Statistics

Transplants save lives

The statistics on this page show transplant activity in the UK - as at 6 November 2009.

Figures in brackets relate to people aged under 18 and are included in the corresponding total figure.

Donors
 

Current financial year
(01.4.09 - 01.11.09)

Previous financial year
(01.4.08 - 01.11.08)

Previous financial year
(2008-2009)

Organ donors*

534

(27)

523

(35)

899

 (64)

HB donors

355

(20)

362

(24)

611

(42)

NHB donors

179

(7)

161

(11)

288

(22)

Living donors***

575

(0)

575

(0)

954

(0)

TOTAL (deceased and living organ donors)

1109

(27)

1098

(35)

1853

(64)
 

Total (all donors including cornea only)

2295

(31)

2089

(44)

3679

(79)

* deceased donors only

*** the term 'living donor transplant' is explained below



Transplants

Transplant type

Current financial year
(01.4.09 - 01.11.09 )

Previous financial year
(01.4.08 - 01.11.08)

Previous financial year
(2008-2009)

Kidney*

823

(43)

816

(50)

1403

(74)

Pancreas

22

(1)

30

(0)

 54

(0)

Kidney/pancreas

91

(0)

97

(0)

 152

(0)

Heart*

 78

(25)

78

(18)

129

(35)

Domino heart**

0

(0)

0

(0)

 0

(0)

Lung(s)*

83

(4)

 82

(6)

143

(9)

Heart/lung

3

(0)

2

(0)

 3

(1)

Liver or liver lobe*

367

(42)

391

(49)

644

(80)

Domino liver/lobe**

2

(0)

6

(0)

7

(0)

Other (multi-organ)

13

(5)

12

(5)

24

(10)

TOTAL

1482

(120)

1514

(128)

 2559

(209)
 

Living kidney

565

(38)

556

(39)

927

(64)

Living liver

10

(6)

19

(14)

27

(18)

Living lung

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

TOTAL living donor transplants***

575

(44)

575

(53)

954

(82)

TOTAL (deceased and living) - organ

2057

(164)

2089

(181)

3513

(291)

* deceased donors only

** "domino" heart transplants occur when a viable heart from a patient receiving a heart/lungs transplant is transplanted into another patient.
"domino" liver transplants occur when the liver, viable in the short term, from a patient receiving a liver transplant is transplanted into another desperately ill patient.

*** living donor transplants include kidney, liver and lung, but exclude "domino" hearts and livers.

**** reported to NHSBT from 1 July 2009

Pancreas Islets ****

-

(-)

-

(-)

-

(-)

Cornea

1639

(38)

1510

(39)

2712

(65)
 

 

Registered for a transplant

(excluding those suspended from the transplant list for health, personal or other reasons)

Organ type

Currently (at 05.11.09)

End of previous month
(at 31.10.09)

End of previous financial year
(at 31.3.09)

Kidney

6976

(120)

6997

(121)

6918

(105)

Pancreas

53

(3)

53

(3)

43

(3)

Kidney/ pancreas

289

(0)

289

(0)

256

(0)

Heart

113

(18)

110

(18)

91

(13)

Lung(s)

245

(16)

244

(16)

216

(11)

Heart/lungs

10

(1)

11

(1)

13

(0)

Liver

381

(22)

393

(22)

314

(18)
Other (multi-organ)

26

(1)

26

(1)

26

(6)

TOTAL

8093

(181)

8123

(182)

7877

(156)

Numbers registered for a cornea transplant are not available

Organ donor and transplant statistics on this page are recorded by financial year to reflect funding initiatives aimed at increasing opportunities for organ donation.

These figures are provisional, as currently recorded by NHS Blood and Transplant, and might be subject to slight modification.
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Riminder Dosanjh

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