Life Takes Guts - About Organ Donation

Introduction to Organ Donation

Currently, there are approximately 85,000 people in the United States and 3,000 people in North Carolina waiting for an organ donation that could save or improve the quality of their lives. Last year, in the US, about 23,000 people received these life-saving transplants while nearly 5,000 people died waiting.

A single person can save up to 8 lives by donating their organs and enhance up to 50 lives by donating tissues. For example, organ and tissue donations can help burn victims (skin), those who are visually impaired (cornea), have heart disease (heart), on dialysis (kidney), have liver disease (liver), have cystic fibrosis (lung), and much much more...

Learn more about organ donation in the following sections:

Organ donation process
List of organs and tissues that can be donated
Organ matching and placement
Religious views on organ donation
Statistics

Sources: Carolina Donor Services: Power of Donation; Carolina Donor Services: What Can be Donated; Carolina Donor Services: List of Life; UNOS: Data Reports

	LIFE TAKES GUTS HAS MOVED TO A NEW WEBSITE: HTTP://STUDENTORGS.UNC.EDU/LTG. PLEASE UPDATE YOUR BOOKMARKS. THIS SITE WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE, BUT WILL NOT BE UPDATED. Introduction to Organ Donation Currently, there are approximately 85,000 people in the United States and 3,000 people in North Carolina waiting for an organ donation that could save or improve the quality of their lives. Last year, in the US, about 23,000 people received these life-saving transplants while nearly 5,000 people died waiting. A single person can save up to 8 lives by donating their organs and enhance up to 50 lives by donating tissues. For example, organ and tissue donations can help burn victims (skin), those who are visually impaired (cornea), have heart disease (heart), on dialysis (kidney), have liver disease (liver), have cystic fibrosis (lung), and much much more... Learn more about organ donation in the following sections: Organ donation process List of organs and tissues that can be donated Organ matching and placement Religious views on organ donation Statistics Sources: Carolina Donor Services: Power of Donation; Carolina Donor Services: What Can be Donated; Carolina Donor Services: List of Life; UNOS: Data Reports