Health written question – answered at on 18 November 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been on the waiting list for organ transplant in each year since 1997, broken down by organ awaited; and if he will make a statement.
The following table provides the number of registrations on the waiting list for each organ on
Patients on the active organ transplant list, UK, at 31 December, 1997 to 2007 | |||||||||||
Organ listed | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Kidney | 4,412 | 4,584 | 4,691 | 4,822 | 4,846 | 4,963 | 5,072 | 5,206 | 5,660 | 6,190 | 6,699 |
Pancreas | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 53 | 55 |
Kidney/pancreas | 45 | 49 | 46 | 69 | 88 | 83 | 84 | 93 | 76 | 141 | 169 |
Heart | 230 | 232 | 212 | 134 | 105 | 96 | 99 | 111 | 96 | 83 | 82 |
Lung(s) | 196 | 184 | 182 | 191 | 241 | 264 | 267 | 272 | 257 | 272 | 258 |
Heart/lungs | 109 | 97 | 106 | 101 | 72 | 75 | 59 | 53 | 41 | 37 | 20 |
Liver | 180 | 201 | 156 | 152 | 158 | 163 | 239 | 253 | 360 | 326 | 307 |
Total | 5,175 | 5,354 | 5,396 | 5,486 | 5,518 | 5,665 | 5,837 | 6,024 | 6,543 | 7,102 | 7,590 |
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