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October 2006
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Facts on organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Australia has one of the worlds highest success rates in organ and tissue transplantation yet one of the lowest donation rates.
Australias organ and tissue donation rate is approximately 10 donors per million of population most OECD countries have at least a 50 per cent higher rate, some 100 - 200 per cent higher.
There are currently 3,500 people (children and adults) on the official transplant waiting list in Australia waiting for a heart, kidney, lung, liver, pancreas or corneal transplant.
Of those waiting for a heart, lung or liver transplant, 20 per cent will die before they receive one.
There are currently 8,000 people (children and adults) undergoing dialysis treatment in Australia. This number increases six per cent each year. Only 1,500 make the official transplant waiting list for a kidney. Of those on the waiting list for a kidney the average wait is four years. It is considered futile to put the remaining 6,500 people on dialysis on the transplant waiting list as there simply are not enough organ donors.
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