Kidney: 1,044 (As of 9/30/2020 per OPTN 10/2/2020 data report, Missourians waiting for a life-saving transplant)
Kidney-Pancreas: 19 (As of 9/30/2020 per OPTN 10/2/2020 data report, Missourians waiting for a life-saving transplant)
Pancreas: 3 (As of 9/30/2020 per OPTN 10/2/2020 data report, Missourians waiting for a life-saving transplant)
Liver: 119 (As of 9/30/2020 per OPTN 10/2/2020 data report, Missourians waiting for a life-saving transplant)
Heart: 44 (As of 9/30/2020 per OPTN 10/2/2020 data report, Missourians waiting for a life-saving transplant)
Lung: 6 (As of 9/30/2020 per OPTN 10/2/2020 data report, Missourians waiting for a life-saving transplant)
Heart-Lung: 2 (As of 9/30/2020 per OPTN 10/2/2020 data report, Missourians waiting for a life-saving transplant)
Intestine: 2 (As of 9/30/2020 per OPTN 10/2/2020 data report, Missourians waiting for a life-saving transplant)
Total: 1,224* (As of 9/30/2020 per OPTN 10/2/2020 data report, Missourians waiting for a life-saving transplant)
* Total number of patients in all organ types is less than the sum of the organs due to patients listed for multiple organs.
On average, 20 people die each day while waiting for a transplant (UNOS).
Someone joins the national transplant waiting list every ten minutes (UNOS).
Help ensure your life-saving decision is fulfilled:
Make a decision about organ and tissue donation.
Join the Missouri organ and tissue donor registry.
Inform your family, friends, faith leader, and physician of your decision.
Complete the back of your driver's license with a permanent marker.