The data illustrates rates of selected organ transplantations in the U.S. in 2008 and 2016, per million inhabitants. In 2008, the rate of lung transplants per million inhabitants in the U.S. was 4.9. In 2016, this rate increased to over seven.
Liver transplants | 20.8 | 24.2 |
Kidney transplants (living donors) |
19.6 | 17.4 |
Heart transplants | 7.1 | 9.9 |
Lung transplants | 4.9 | 7.2 |
Pancreas transplants | 4.2 | 3.1 |
Heart-lung transplants | 0.1 | 0.1 |