The waiting line

Here are the most recent "Facts About Transplantation" with updated waiting list numbers as of January 25, 2008.

• 74,366 patients waiting for a kidney transplant.
  
  
• 16,580 patients waiting for a liver transplant.
  
  
• 1,606 patients waiting for a pancreas transplant.
  
  
• 223 patients waiting for a pancreas islet cell.
  
  
• 2,272 patients waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant.
  
  
• 220 patients waiting for an intestine transplant.
  
  
• 2,667 patients waiting for a heart transplant.
  
  
• 103 patients waiting for a heart-lung transplant.
  
  
• 2,160 patients waiting for a lung transplant.
  
  
• 97,720 TOTAL PATIENTS