Waiting Lists Grow Longer

Kidney

Liver

Heart

Lung

Kidney-Pancreas

Heart-Lung

Pancreas

Intestine

38,236

11,409

9,637

4,166

3,897

2,292

942

1,591

854

236

62

361

94

67

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

Kidney

Liver

Heart

Lung

Kidney-Pancreas

Heart-Lung

Pancreas

Intestine

Transplants

People Waiting

Organ Transplants 1997

Source: Based on UNOS Scientific Registry data as of 9/29/98.

206

Average Cost

of Procedure

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