A KIDNEY CRISIS
More people than ever need a kidney transplant. But in 2024, just 30 percent of patients on
the waiting list received one. Doctors
hope xenotransplantation could
soon address that unmet need
for more kidneys.
90,479
Excess
demand
Waitlist for kidney
transplants
in the U.S.
1995–2024
42,458
Total
patients
on waitlist
29,603
Transplants
13,547
Annual
waitlist
removals
Other reasons
Death
2000
2005
2024
1995
2010
2015
2020
An Endless wait
Patients who are unable to immediately receive a kidney from a human donor are often required to go through painful and tiring dialysis treatments to stay alive.
Time spent on waitlist for a kidney transplant
as of 2024
66% of patients for kidney transplant
are on the waitlist for more than one year
21,534 patients
90 days to
less than
six months
9,743
One year
to less than
two years
15,381
30 to
less than
90 days
6,255
14,041
13,907
Six
months
to less
than
one
year
Two years
to less than
three years
Three years to
less than five years
10,475
More than
five years
Less than
30 days
4,134
30
6
months
1
year
2
3
4
5
years
days
Jason Treat and Brandon Shypkowski, NGM Staff
Sources: Anne Paschke and Aparna Sadavarte, United Network for Organ Sharing
A KIDNEY CRISIS
More people than ever need a kidney
transplant. But in 2024, just 30 percent
of patients on the waiting list received
one. Doctors hope xenotransplanta-
tion could soon address that
unmet need for more kidneys.
90,479
Waitlist
for kidney
transplants
in the U.S.
1995–2024
Excess
demand
Total
patients
on waitlist
29,603
42,458
Transplants
13,547
Annual
waitlist
removals
Other
reasons
Death
2024
1995
An Endless wait
Patients who are unable to immediately receive a kidney from a human donor are often required to go through painful and tiring dialysis treatments to stay alive.
Time spent
on waitlist for
a kidney transplant
as of 2024
21,534 patients
15,381
14,041
13,907
10,475
9,743
6,255
66% of patients for kidney transplant are on the waitlist for more than one year
4,134
30
days
1
year
2
3
4
5
years
Jason Treat and Brandon Shypkowski,
NGM Staff
Sources: Anne Paschke and Aparna Sadavarte, United Network
for Organ Sharing