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              One Organ Donor CAN Save Eight Lives

African Americans and Hispanics are at risk and dying from the lack of receiving organ transplants. There is a tremendous need for more minority organ donors in the African American and Hispanic communities. Essentially, minorities must be educated on the importance of becoming organ donors. Moreover, minorities must learn how to incorporate preventative measurements to reduce the chances of developing diseases that lead to needing organ transplants.

According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services more than 13,500 Hispanics are on waiting lists for organ transplants accounting for 15 percent of all organ transplant wait-listed patients. The waiting period for most transplants is 17-53% percent longer for Hispanics than for non-Hispanic Whites. Nearly 24,000 African Americans are on waiting lists for organ transplants accounting for 27 percent of all organ transplant wait listed patients. African Americans comprised 35 percent of the waiting lists for kidney transplants. African Americans are almost four times as likely to have end-stage renal disease than Whites, but they are less likely to be evaluated and placed on waiting lists for kidney transplants in a timely manner. Once on the list, they also tend to wait longer for a transplant.         Everyday 18 people die from the lack of receiving organ transplants!      

                                  

 

 

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