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Statistics

London Health Sciences Centre:

At University Hospital and the Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, a total of 4,383 organ transplants have been done since our first transplant in 1973:

• kidney = 2,034
• liver = 1,619
• heart = 568
• kidney-pancreas = 35
• multi-visceral = 16

• lung = 48 *
• heart-lung = 47 *
• bowel = 11 *
• islet cell = 5 *

* Previously, the Multi-Organ Transplant Program performed lung, heart-lung, bowel and islet cell transplants. Although we no longer provide these types of transplants, the information is provided here as a cumulative list of the total transplants done.

The London region continues to have one of the highest donation rates, not only in Ontario but also across the country. For example, in 2006, the provincial donor rate (number of organ donors per million population) in Ontario was 15. The donor rate varied among the five transplant regions:

In Ontario:

Presently, 1,631 patients are waiting for an organ transplant.

During 2009, 953 organ transplants were done:

• deceased kidney donors = 334 transplants
• living kidney donors = 231 transplants
• kidney-pancreas = 20 transplants
• deceased liver donors = 161 transplants
• living liver donors = 45 transplants
• heart = 61 transplants
• lung = 98 transplants
• heart-lung = 3 transplants

For more information about Ontario statistics, visit the Trillium Gift of Life Network.

In Canada:

During 2008, 2,083 organ transplants were performed:

• deceased kidney donors = 730 transplants
• living kidney donors = 474 transplants
• deceased liver donors = 378 transplants
• living liver donors = 67 transplants
• heart = 162 transplants
• lung (single or double) = 131 transplants
• pancreas = 21 transplants
• islet cell = 35 transplants
• intestine = 3 transplants
• ‘other’ types of combined organs (such as heart-lung; liver-kidney; kidney-pancreas) = 82 transplants

Unfortunately, another 4,380 Canadians remained on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant, and 215 patients died while waiting. [Source: Canadian Organ Replacement Register, Canadian Institute for Health Information: Cumulative Report – 2008]

For further information about Canadian statistics, visit the Canadian Organ Replacement Register.