Kidney Organ Transplant Waiting List. Reports can be viewed in the application or downloaded as. The kidney transplant waiting list is a list of transplant candidates maintained by the united network of organ sharing unos.
The national organ waiting list is managed by an organization called the united network for organ sharing unos a private nonprofit agency that works with the federal government. Unos united network for organ sharing finds matches between people on the waitlist and donated kidneys. Active kidney waiting list at year end by year by country chart.
Like america the list is diverse it includes people of every age ethnicity and gender.
The united network for organ sharing unos manages the list of all the people across the us waiting for an organ transplant. For example if you are waiting for a kidney transplant but you are not following your doctor s instructions you may not be considered a candidate. Reports can be viewed in the application or downloaded as. The median waiting time to transplant for adult patients registered on the kidney transplant list during 2012 2016 was 2 years.