How many people in the United States need a kidney transplant?
Currently, there are more than 80,000 people waiting for a kidney transplant in the United States, and more than 10,000 of those patients live in the New York tri-state area (NY, NJ, CT). You can visit the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) website for statistics of patients awaiting a kidney transplant, and the number of patients who underwent a transplant this year.
