Did you know?

• Each organ donor can save up to eight lives. Each tissue donor can improve the lives of up to 50 people.
• Nearly 10,000 Michigan patients have received a life-saving organ transplant in the last 10 years.
• Cornea transplants have been successful for over 100 years and organ transplants have worked for more than 50.
• On average, 17 Michigan patients receive an organ transplant each week.
• There is no age limit for donation.
• Donation doesn't cost the donor or the donor's family anything.
• In 2011, 269 organ donors provided 791 organs to waiting recipients in Michigan. Organ donors in 2011 and 2010, respectively: 289 and 288.

Michigan residents waiting for organs

In 2011, the generosity of Michigan's 269 organ donors resulted in 791 organs transplanted, saving hundreds of lives. Transplants so far in 2012 total 2. Michigan patients waiting for a transplant as of Jan. 1, 2012.