New Infographic on Organ Donations

Term Life Insurance recently released their latest infographic on organ donors and organ donations. Please click here to see the inforgraphic.

A few highlights from the infographic include:

• On average, every donor can save up to 8 lives.
• Every day, 18 people die waiting for transplants and an average of 79 people receive organ transplants.
• The gap continues to grow between people who need an organ and organ donors. 
• In 2010, 62% of living donors were women.

See United States of Organ Donors, TermLifeInsurance.org, June 12, 2012. 

Special thanks to Muhammad Saleem for bringing this infographic to my attention.