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Bookmark or Share- Organ donation: Don't let these myths confuse you - Mayo ClinicMore than 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. Sadly, many may never get the call saying that a donor organ has been found. Many may not get that second chance at life. Every day in the U.S., about 17 people die because there aren't enough donor organs for all who wait for a transplant.
- Sign Up To Be An Organ Donor | organdonor.govSign Up To Be An Organ Donor. You can provide lifesaving organs to as many as eight people. Every registration counts. Sign up through your state, using the drop-down or map.
- What Can Be Donated | organdonor.govOne donor can save 8 lives and enhance the lives of 75 more. Date Last Reviewed: February 2024. The list of organs and tissues that you can donate continues to grow.
- Organ Donation & Transplantation: How It Works, Living DonorsOrgan donation and transplantation is a surgical process to replace a failing organ with a healthy one from someone else who doesn’t need it. Organ donors are usually recently deceased people who either volunteered before their death to donate their organs afterward, or their family donated them on their behalf.
- Living Organ Donation | organdonor.govYou can donate a kidney, a piece of your liver, and certain other organs and tissues while alive. About 6,500 living donation transplants take place each year. Unlike deceased donors, a living donor can decide who to donate their organ to, helping a recipient get an organ transplant faster.
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