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African Americans At High Risk For Organ Transplant

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African Americans and Organ Donation- 29.2% are waiting !

African Americans are the largest group of minorities in need of an organ transplant.



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African Americans have higher rates of diabetes and high blood pressure than Caucasians, increasing the risk of organ failure. African Americans comprise 13% of the population, 32% of those waiting for a kidney, and 20% of those waiting for a heart.
29.2%

of those currently waiting for an organ donation are African American.






Gabriel Clark
Kidney Recipient
Jazmyne Davis
Organ Donor
Caleb Davy
Kidney Recipient
Debbie Delgado-Vega
Liver Recipient
Yatska Diaz
Kidney Recipient
Bill Falafasa Ala'ilima
Organ Donor
Rhonda Kay Flores
Organ Donor
Tommy Frieson
Donation Professional
Debbie Mann Gibbs
Donation Professional
Ernest Goh
Organ Donor
Sergio Gomez
Kidney Recipient
Alvin Grant
Heart Recipient
Shutong Hao
Heart Recipient
Bobby Height, Sr.
Heart Recipient
Christina Janis
Cornea Recipient
Reverend Charles Jenkins
Donation Advocate
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Organ and Tissue Donor
Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan
Organ and Cornea Donor
Anne Laumer
Organ Donor
Daisy Lobos
Organ Donor
Ruben Lopez, MD
Tissue Recipient and Living Donor
Jessica Melore
Heart Recipient
Daw Khin Myint, MD
Organ Donor
Janet Ocasio
Liver Recipient
Kelly Olmo
Liver Recipient
Alejandro Ortiz
Cornea Recipient
Kenneth P. Moritsugu, MD, MPH
Organ Donor
Patrick Pruitt
Cornea Transplant Recipient
Klarissa Ramirez
Kidney Recipient
George Rivera
Heart Recipient
Manuel Salazar
Tissue Recipient
Nicholas Sambilay
Liver Recipient
Sabrina Smith
Kidney and Pancreas Recipient
Brandon Spight
Organ Donor
Lorraine Spradling
Donor Mom and Advocate
Stephen Sprague
Bone Marrow Recipient
Ken Sutha
Kidney Recipient
Gene Ushiroda
Organ Donor
Mireya Vallina
Kidney Recipient
Mikey Weathersby
Liver Recipient
Donald Wong
Heart Recipient
Jason Zhao
Heart Recipient




Life Stories: A Chance to Be Just Like Other Children

Khalieghya Dandie-Evans

Liver Recipient: Emeryville, CA

As an infant, Khalieghya Dandie-Evans was diagnosed with biliary atresia, meaning she had a blockage in the tubes that carried bile from her liver to her gallbladder. Doctors performed the Kasai Procedure to connect the bile ducts together; however, the surgery was unsuccessful. It soon became clear that baby Khalieghya needed a liver transplant to survive.

Khalieghya was put on the national transplant waiting list for a liver, but her mother worried that she might get bumped by a case considered more severe. Khalieghya was five months old when her family received word that they had found a liver match. Khalieghya's mother was amazed that another family was able to see through their own grief and make a decision to donate their child's organs.


“What an amazing gift that mother would give to me and my family. I will be forever grateful.”

— Khalieghya Dandie-Evans's mother

Khalieghya is just like other kids. She plays, runs, sings, dances, spins, jumps, hugs, kisses, loves people, goes outdoors, and takes only one small dose of anti-rejection medication twice a day.

Become an Organ Doner " Please"

Why Minority Donors Are Needed

People of all ages, races, and ethnicities can save and enhance lives by donating their organs, eyes and tissues. Organ and tissue transplants are needed by people from every area of our nation.

Some of the conditions that can result in organ failure are best treated through transplantation; others can be treated only by this lifesaving procedure.

People of most races and ethnicities in the U.S. donate in proportion to their representation in the population. The need for transplant in some groups, however, is disproportionately high, frequently due to a high incidence of conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes, both of which can lead to the need for a kidney transplant.

For example, African Americans, Asians and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics are three times more likely than Whites to suffer from end-stage renal (kidney) disease, often as the result of high blood pressure and other conditions that can damage the kidneys. Almost 35 percent of the more than 80,000 people on the national waiting list for a kidney transplant are African American.

Although organs are not matched according to race/ethnicity, and people of different races frequently match one another, all individuals waiting for an organ transplant will have a better chance of receiving one if there are large numbers of donors from their racial/ethnic background. This is because compatible blood types and tissue markers—critical qualities for donor/recipient matching—are more likely to be found among members of the same ethnicity. A greater diversity of donors may potentially increase access to transplantation for everyone.