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A variety of extensive statistics can be obtained in the lastest ANZDATA Registry Reports.
How does your State compare to others re organ donation registrations in Australia?
Legally Valid Consent Registrations Find the most up to date Medicare statistics on the number of people who have registered their decision in regard to organ and tissue donation on the Australian Organ Donor Register by age group, state and gender. The Australian Organ Donor Register is Australia’s only national organ and tissue donor register and serves as a lifeline to the people on those waiting lists.
There are over 1800 people in Australia on organ transplant waiting lists at any given time. Almost 75% of this number of people are waiting for kidneys. Some of them will die waiting.
The Australian Organ Donor Register is Australia’s only national organ and tissue donor register and serves as a lifeline to the people on those waiting lists.
By registering to become an organ donor you could be making the greatest gift one human being can give another – the gift of life. Registering is the first crucial step.
About the Australian Organ Donor Register
The Australian Organ Donor Register is administered by Medicare Australia on behalf of the Australian Government and provides a simple way for people to record their consent (or objection) to becoming an organ and/or tissue donor.
In January 2005, Australian Health Ministers agreed that the Australian Organ Donor Register would become a Register of consent, enabling individuals to record their legal decision to becoming an organ or tissue donor after death. The Register will be operational as a consent register from July 2005.
Health Ministers agreed that the Australian Organ Donor Register would be the only national register for organ and/or tissue donation.
The Donor Register will ensure that your consent (or objection) to donating organs and/or tissue for transplantation can be verified 24 hours a day, seven days a week by authorised medical personnel, anywhere in Australia. In the event of your death, information about your decision will be accessed from the Donor Register, and provided to your family. It is important that you talk with your family before registering your decision.
Did you know?
During the past 60 years, more than 30,000 Australians, many of them children and teenagers, have undergone transplant surgery.
- Australia has one of the world’s best transplant success rates
- However, we also have one of the world’s lowest organ and tissue donation rates
- An estimated 100 people die each year while waiting for an organ transplant due to the shortage of organ and tissue donors
- Organ and tissue donation can save and improve the quality of many lives
- One organ and tissue donor can help up to 10 people in need
- There is an urgent need to increase Australia’s donation rate
Read more at Fast Facts on CKD - Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a significant and growing public health problem, responsible for substantial burden of illness and premature mortality. In Australia, it is a fact that:
- 1 in 3 adults are at increased risk of developing CKD
- 1 in 7 adults have at least one clinical sign of existing CKD
- A person can lose up to 90% of their kidney function before experiencing any symptoms
- Approximately 2 million Australians may be affected by early-stage kidney disease and don't know it
- Over 40 Australians die of kidney failure each day
- 11.3% of all deaths in Australia are due to, or associated with, kidney failure
- Every day, 6 Australians commence expensive dialysis or transplantation to stay alive
- Most people with CKD will die from cardiovascular causes before requiring dialysis or transplantation
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders experience excessive death and disability due to CKD.
Organ Donation Fact Sheets
Could I be a Living Donor - Transplant UK
CKD and Organ Donation Fast Facts - Kidney Health Australia
Deciding about live donation - Kidney Health Australia
Kidney donation by live donors - NSW Health
Kidney Transplantation - Kidney Health Australia
Life with a single kidney - Kidney Health Australia
Live Donation - Kidney Health Australia
Making a decision about living and organ and tissue donation - NHMRC
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation - Kidney Health Australia
Organ Donation NSW Health Multilingual Fact Sheets - Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English, Italian, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Transplant Australia FAQ
Organ Donor Registration Hotline 1800 777 203 (freecall) 8.30 am to 5 pm
Online registration and further info about this important decision is available from the Australian Organ Donor Register which is administered by Medicare Australia on behalf of the Australian Government and provides a simple way for people to record their consent (or objection) to becoming an organ and/or tissue donor for transplantation.
The purpose of the national register is to help raise the profile of organ donation in Australia. It is intended to make people more aware of organ donation, which is expected to lead to an increase in the number of individual donors in Australia.
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