Organ Transplants In The US Increased Nine Percent Between 2015 And 2016, UNOS Says.

reported that the increase “can be mostly attributed to an expanding number of deceased donors.” Approximately “82% (or 27,628) of the transplants involved organs from deceased donors,” with “the remaining 18% (or 5,978)...performed with organs from living donors.” Last year, “a total of 19,057 kidney transplants occurred, followed by 7,841 liver transplants, 3,191 heart transplants and 2,327 lung transplants.” http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/09/health/organ-donation-2016/