Donations top records
January 17, 2012
THE number of organ donations
in Australia reached record highs
last year, according to official
figures released today by the
Australia and New Zealand Organ
Donation Registry (ANZOD) and the
Organ and Tissue Authority.
“A total of 337 Australians, who
tragically lost their lives in 2011,
saved or improved the lives of
1,001 people in need of an organ
transplant,” said Professor Graeme
Russ, Chair of ANZOD.
Last year’s result is up 9% from
309 donors in 2010, and translated
to a total of 1,001 transplant
recipients for 2011, an increase of
70 recipients for the year (above
the 2010 outcome of 931).
“2011 marked the second full year
of implementation of the Australian
Government’s national reform
agenda to increase organ and tissue
donation,” said Dr Jonathan Gillis,
National Medical Director of the
Organ and Tissue Authority.
“The 2011 outcomes lift
Australia’s donor per million
population (dpmp) rate to 14.9, an
increase of 4.7 dpmp since the
commencement of the national
reform agenda,” he added.
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