General Transplant Information
Facts
There are approximately 4000 people in Canada who are waiting for a transplant operation. Canadians fall way behind their counterparts around the world in organ donation, and sadly, many of those who are waiting will not receive their operations, as fewer than 2000 transplants will be carried out in 2006. Now the GOOD news! Nearly 98% of Kidney transplants are successful; 90% of liver transplants; 85% of Heart Transplants and the numbers are getting better all the time.
Eventually however, the answer to this human tragedy is in knowing the causes of major organ failure and preventing them. This means more research into GENETIC health conditions, CYSTIC FIBROSIS, COPD/Congestive Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder, LIVER and KIDNEY disease, and finally HEART disease to name but a few. It is indeed fortunate these are among the conditions currently treatable by organ transplantation
More Reading Check the Toronto General Hospital Organ Transplantation Page
Some Quick Statistics ( Courtesy of Trillium Gift of Life Network )
Transplant 10-Year History (Ontario Only)
| Year | Kidney (Deceased) |
Kidney (Living) |
Kidney Pancreas |
Liver (Deceased) |
Liver (Living) |
Heart | Lung | Heart Lung |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 212 | 205 | 25 | 147 | 47 | 59 | 65 | 3 | 763 |
| 2004 | 214 | 171 | 23 | 165 | 39 | 56 | 62 | 2 | 732 |
| 2003 | 200 | 157 | 23 | 168 | 27 | 63 | 54 | 1 | 693 |
| 2002 | 204 | 159 | 25 | 152 | 32 | 55 | 56 | 3 | 686 |
| 2001 | 189 | 159 | 13 | 144 | 34 | 58 | 42 | 2 | 641 |
| 2000 | 224 | 167 | 17 | 158 | 16 | 64 | 54 | 0 | 700 |
| 1999 | 191 | 150 | 16 | 135 | 7 | 74 | 41 | 3 | 617 |
| 1998 | 247 | 151 | 14 | 153 | 2 | 63 | 35 | 2 | 667 |
| 1997 | 233 | 132 | 15 | 151 | 0 | 64 | 32 | 3 | 630 |
| 1996 | 233 | 128 | 8 | 168 | 1 | 83 | 36 | 1 | 658 |
Waiting List 10-Year History (Ontario Only)
| Year | Kidney | Kidney Pancreas |
Pancreas Only |
Liver | Heart | Lung | Heart Lung |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1236 | 37 | 17 | 355 | 33 | 42 | 0 | 1720 |
| 2004 | 1288 | 44 | 15 | 412 | 48 | 44 | 5 | 1857 |
| 2003 | 1438 | 46 | 5 | 347 | 40 | 43 | 4 | 1913 |
| 2002 | 1456 | 41 | 2 | 309 | 47 | 34 | 5 | 1892 |
| 2001 | 1367 | 45 | - | 264 | 58 | 28 | 4 | 1766 |
| 2000 | 1324 | 34 | - | 224 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 1650 |
| 1999 | 1106 | 28 | - | 229 | 40 | 54 | 4 | 1461 |
| 1998 | 1067 | 25 | - | 207 | 54 | 47 | 8 | 1408 |
| 1997 | 1030 | 19 | - | 146 | 36 | 33 | 7 | 1271 |
| 1996 | 957 | - | - | 147 | 42 | 21 | 4 | 1171 |
Other statistics can be found at the gift of life website by following this link.
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