August 1st Starts National Minority Donor Awareness Week.
Observed annually, National Minority Donor Awareness Week was created to increase awareness of the need for more organ, eye, and tissue donors, especially among minorities. Now in its 16th year, this special observance honors minorities who have been donors, and encourages others to register as donors and take better care of their health in order to reduce the number needing a transplant.
Donation Data: African Americans
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Donation Data: Asians
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Donation Data: Hispanics/Latinos
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Donation Data: Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders
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*Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). Data as of May 25, 2012.
- 40%of all those receiving transplants were minorities
- 70%of minority transplant recipients received kidneys
- 34%of all deceased donors were minorities
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