Statistics on Organ & Tissue Donation

Reports about organ and tissue donors, recipients and waiting lists are available through the Australian and New Zealand Organ Donation Registry.

The 2010 Annual Report is available here, which reports that there were 247 multi organ donors in Australia in 2009, down from 259 in 2008.  The statistic used to analyse Australia's donation rate is donors per million population and the following data may assist in tracking Australia's and regional records:

Australia

• 2010 (January - March):  70 multi organ donors and 202 recipients

• 2009:  247 multi organ donors at 11.3 donors per million population.  There were 799 recipients.
• 2008:  259 multi organ donors at 12.1 donors per million population.  There were 846 recipients.
• 2007:  198 multi organ donors at 9.4 donors per million population.  There were 626 recipients.
• 2006:  202 multi organ donors at 10 donors per million population.  

Australian Capital Territory

• 2010 (January - March):  5 multi organ donors restulting in 17 transplants.
• 2009:  8 multi organ donors at 14.1 donors per million population* resulting in 20 transplants.
• 2008:  5 multi organ donors at 9.1 donors per million population* resulting in 19 transplants.
• 2007:  1 multi organ donor at 1.8 donors per million population* resulting in 4 transplants.
• 2006:  4 multi organ donors at 7 donors per million population*

New South Wales

• 2010 (January - March):  17 multi organ donors resulting in 49 transplants
• 2009:  69 multi organ donors at 10 donors per million population* resulting in 215 transplants.
• 2008:  57 multi organ donors at 8.4 donors per million population* resulting in 190 transplants.
• 2007:  53 multi organ donors at 7.9 donors per million population* resulting in 175 transplants.
• 2006:  49 multi organ donors at 7 donors per million population* 

* denotes that the NSW population excludes residents of Southern Area Health Service and that the ACT population includes those residents.