At the end of March 2023, there were 5,353 patients on the active transplant list in the United Kingdom (UK) waiting for a kidney transplant. The number of individuals waiting for a kidney transplant dwarfed the number of patients waiting for any other organ in the country. Those waiting for a liver transplant had the second-highest number of active patients at 663, followed by 305 waiting for a heart transplant
Transplant activity in the UK
In the period 2021/22, 2,263 kidney transplants took place in the UK. In the year 2020, the rate of kidney transplant was 37.8 transplants per million population, the highest rate of any organ transplantation in that year. Liver transplants had a rate of 12.1 transplants per million and then heart transplants followed with a rate of 2.6 per million population.
Kidney transplants in the rest of Europe
With a kidney transplant rate of 37.8 per million, the UK had the tenth-highest rate in Europe. Spain had the highest rate with 57.7 transplants per million population.
Number of patients on the active organ waiting list in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2023, by organ
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NHS Blood and Transplant. (July 12, 2023). Number of patients on the active organ waiting list in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2023, by organ [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/519812/active-organ-waiting-list-united-kingdom-uk/
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NHS Blood and Transplant. (2023). Number of patients on the active organ waiting list in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2023, by organ. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/519812/active-organ-waiting-list-united-kingdom-uk/
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NHS Blood and Transplant, Number of patients on the active organ waiting list in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2023, by organ Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/519812/active-organ-waiting-list-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of patients on the active organ waiting list in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2023, by organ [Graph], NHS Blood and Transplant, July 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/519812/active-organ-waiting-list-united-kingdom-uk/