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Fast facts
about organ and
tissue donation
1,800 Australians are on the
waitlist for an organ transplant.
14,000 more are on dialysis for
kidney failure who could benefit
from a kidney transplant.
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specialist doctors, nurses, and
support staff deliver the national
program across 95+ hospitals in
Australia.
8 in 10 families say yes to
donation when a family member
is registered, but this drops to 4
in 10 when they don’t know what
their family member wants.
2% of people who die in Australian
hospitals meet the criteria to be
an organ donor. A person must
die in hospital under specific
circumstances, in an ED or ICU,
as organs need to be functioning
50 people die each year on
well to be considered for
the organ transplant waitlist.
transplantation.
4 in 5 Australians say they
1 organ donor can save the lives
support donation, but only
of up to 7 people and change the
1 in 3 are registered on the
lives of many more through eye
Australian Organ Donor Register.
and tissue donation.
In Australia, families are always asked to agree to donation.
They are much more likely to agree if they know their loved
one wants to be a donor. It only takes one minute
to register as an organ and tissue donor at
donatelife.gov.au or via MyGov.
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