OPTN/SRTR 2024 Annual Data Report: Deceased Organ Donation

The Annual Data Report is created using data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) to calculate variables such as organs recovered per donor, organs transplanted per donor, and organs recovered for transplant but not transplanted (ie, nonuse). SRTR uses data collected by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. In 2024, there were 16,989 deceased donors, a 4.0% increase from 16,335 deceased donors in 2023 and continuing the trend of increasing donors over the past decade. Donor characteristics have changed compared with 2014, with more donors with drug intoxication and cardiovascular mechanisms of death. In contrast, gunshot wound, blunt injury, and stroke have decreased as mechanisms of death in 2024 compared with 2014. The number of organs transplanted increased to 42,048 in 2024 (from 40,614 in 2023) and included 10,918 left kidneys, 10,849 right kidneys, 322 en bloc kidneys, 878 pancreata, 10,773 livers, 97 intestines, 4,623 hearts, and 3,334 lungs. Interestingly, 3,243 pancreata were recovered for research, of which 1,180 were sent for non-islet cell research, 2,010 were accepted for islet cell research, and 53 were not used.