TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Organ Donation Shortage: A Public Health Perspective A1 - Guevara, Sara A1 - Katz, Mitchell H A2 - Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo PY - 2023 T2 - Molmenti’s Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management, 2e AB - Over 107,000 men, women, and children are on the national transplant waiting list as of February 2021, and every 9 minutes another person is added.1Although 90% U.S. adults support organ donation, only 60% are registered as donors.1Only 3 in 1,000 people die in a way that allows for organ donation.1On average, 17 people die daily due to shortage of organs available for transplant.2 SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/05 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1194178480 ER -