To achieve (fill in the blank), you must have a cause.

Waiting list candidates 96,884 as of today 5:15pm
Data from OPTN.org

It’s amazing how fast the numbers are rising. We will have 100,000 people waiting for an organ probably in less than a year (by my estimate nothing to substantiate those numbers). I can only assume that the number of people that die every day will rise accordingly. Right now, I believe that number is about 17 people die every day waiting for an organ.

CORE has updated is Facts and Statistics page. It’s an interesting read.