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Table 2 Donation activity and transplants per donor and by organ type, 2008–2017

From: Deceased organ donation activity and efficiency in Switzerland between 2008 and 2017: achievements and future challenges

 

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2008–2017

Total ADD donation rate (pmp)a

12.0

13.5

12.5

13.0

12.1

13.7

14.4

17.4

13.3

17.4

14.0

 DBD donation rate (pmp)a

12.0

13.5

12.5

12.6

11.2

12.2

12.2

15.4

11.5

12.7

12.6

 DCD donation rate (pmp)a

n.a. (no DCD 2008–2010)

0.4

0.9

1.5

2.2

1.9

1.8

4.7

1.9b

Grafts transplanted per donor (ADD; mean number ± 1 SD)c

3.8 ± 1.3

3.5 ± 1.2

4.0 ± 1.3

3.8 ± 1.3

3.6 ± 1.6

3.2 ± 1.7

3.3 ± 1.6

3.1 ± 1.6

3.3 ± 1.6

2.9 ± 1.4

3.4 ± 1.5

 DBD

3.8 ± 1.3

3.5 ± 1.2

4.0 ± 1.3

3.9 ± 1.3

3.7 ± 1.6

3.3 ± 1.8

3.5 ± 1.6

3.2 ± 1.6

3.5 ± 1.6

3.3 ± 1.4

3.5 ± 1.5

 DCD

n.a. (no DCD 2008–2010)

2.3 ± 0.5

2.4 ± 0.9

2.6 ± 1.1

2.3 ± 1.0

2.2 ± 1.1

2.2 ± 1.1

2.1 ± 1.0

2.2b ± 1.1

Graft utilization rate (ADD; number and percentage transplanted)c

 Heart [% based on DBD only]

30 (33%)

32 (31%)

42 (43%)

35 (35%)

35 (39%)

30 (31%)

37 (37%)

38 (30%)

37 (39%)

36 (34%)

352 (35%)

 Lung

39 (43%)

40 (38%)

49 (51%)

52 (51%)

44 (46%)

42 (38%)

49 (42%)

50 (35%)

49 (44%)

31 (21%)

445 (40%)

 Liver

75 (82%)

81 (78%)

86 (89%)

89 (87%)

78 (81%)

86 (78%)

96 (82%)

117 (82%)

83 (75%)

112 (77%)

903 (81%)

 Kidney [% based on 2 kidneys per donor]

165 (91%)

184 (88%)

177 (91%)

178 (87%)

150 (78%)

164 (75%)

177 (76%)

216 (76%)

177 (80%)

226 (78%)

1814 (81%)

 Pancreas and pancreatic islets

26 (29%)

19 (18%)

29 (30%)

28 (27%)

30 (31%)

30 (27%)

24 (21%)

20 (14%)

22 (20%)

21 (14%)

249 (22%)

  1. Abbreviations: ADD actual deceased donors, pmp per million of population, DBD donation after brain death, DCD donation after cardiocirculatory death, n.a., not applicable
  2. aThe 2017 donation rates are based on 2016 population (most recent data available from the Federal Statistical Office)
  3. bMean of years 2011–2017
  4. cIn cases where more than one graft from one single organ was transplanted each graft is counted individually (this applies to left and right kidney, split livers, and to left and right lung lobes). Includes organs from Swiss donors transplanted abroad within the framework of international organ exchange