• Currently 101,379 patients are on the national waiting list.
• Of those, 9,006 are in Texas, including Caucasians,
African-Americans and Hispanics. Hispanic patients comprise 40% of the
patients in Texas who are awaiting a transplant.
• Although the majority of patients awaiting transplants are Hispanic, very
few Hispanic donors are listed on the State Registry.
• Patients waiting for a kidney transplant make up 80% of the patients
awaiting organs in Texas and of those, 50% (6,394 patients) are Hispanic.
Texas Facts about those Listed: (as of 4/22/09)
• Gender: 56.3% are men; 43.8% are women
• End-stage renal disease: Hispanics - 44.2%; Caucasians 32.5%; African-Americans 20.7%
• Kidney transplant list: Hispanics - 49.9%; African-Americans 24.4%; Caucasians 22.8%
• Liver transplant list: Hispanics - 30.6% and Caucasians 62.5%
• Age Groups:
50 - 64 years of age: 46.9%
35 - 49 years of age: 28.1%
Under 34: 11.9%
Patients on Texas Waiting List (as of 4/22/09)
Kidney - 6,826
Liver - 1,634
Kidney/Pancreas - 136
Heart - 354
Pancreas - 44
Lung - 160
Heart/Lung - 10
Intestine - 2