Some statistics about kidney transplants

Here is an excerpt from an article from New York times

Last year in the United States, more than 4,000 people died while on the waiting list for a new kidney. An additional 3,600 people left the list when they became too sick for a transplant.

The kidney shortage is a global problem. The world’s need for kidneys is growing alarmingly — largely because kidney failure is one consequence of diabetes and high blood pressure. Yet the supply has barely increased. In 2014, there were 17,106 kidney transplants in the United States, but more than twice that many people went on the waiting list.

In the coming days, I will post more on what is being done to address this gap. In the meanwhile I am eager to get comments.