Over 9,300 New Yorkers are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant (Donate Life New York State)
Every 18 hours someone in New York dies waiting for an organ transplant (Donate Life New York State)
New York transplant centers perform over 2,000 life-saving organ transplants from living donors every year (UNOS)
New York transplant centers include NY Presbyterian, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, Montefiore and others
Living Kidney Donation
Partial Liver Donation
A 7 year old boy was the first person in the New York City area to receive a partial liver transplant in 2011
Since then, over 50 liver donor specialists have organized to share their research, data and experiences in order to have best practices available to the local medical community
New York collects over 658,000 blood donations annually, but more donors are needed to maintain supply (New York Blood Center)
Less than 2% of people in New York donate blood each year (New York Blood Center)
New York has over 200 blood drive locations to make donating convenient (New York Blood Center)
Blood Donation
Bone Marrow Donation
Leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood cancers affect over 90,000 New Yorkers (New York State Department of Health)
Over 1,200 New York patients with these blood cancers search the national registry for matches every year (Be The Match)
Only 30% of national marrow registry members identify as non-Caucasian, reducing odds for diverse patients (Be The Match)