§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what is the number of people awaiting suitable donations prior to transplant surgery for each organ required; what is the average length of time waited; how many and what percentage of people die while waiting; and if he will provide figures by(a) region, (b) age and (c) sex; [18801]
(2) how many organs offered for donation were used; what percentage this was of the total offered; and what is his estimate of the potential number of organ donors in each of the last three full years for which figures are available. [18800]
§ Mr. HoramThe tables show the information requested.
(1) Breakdown of current (1 March 1996) waiting list for each organ (a) By region Region Kidney Heart Lung Heart/lung Liver Northern and Yorkshire 497 26 62 11 20 Trent 445 40 14 2 — Anglia and Oxford 375 9 21 25 25 North Thames 883 112 78 119 21 South Thames 568 27 8 1 33 South West 452 - - - - West Midlands 556 12 6 5 40 North West 624 40 20 3 - Wales 132 - - - - Northern Ireland 97 - - - - Scotland 559 20 - - 6 Republic of Ireland 92 23 - 1 12 Total 5,280 309 209 167 157 583W
(b) By sex Sex Kidney Heart Lung Heart/Lung Liver Female 2,172 40 117 92 67 Male 3,105 268 92 75 90 Unknown 3 1 - - - Total 5,280 309 209 167 157
(c) By age (decade) Age (years) Kidney Heart Lung Heart/Lung Liver 0–9 53 14 - 12 18 10–19 144 8 7 46 12 20–29 626 11 22 50 13 30–39 1,059 16 21 30 18 40–49 1,174 67 66 20 32 50–59 1,236 151 72 9 46 60–69 822 42 21 - 18 70–79 162 - - - - 80–89 4 - - - - Total 5,280 309 209 167 157
Waiting time (days) Kidney Heart Lung Heart/Lung Liver Median 387 177 351 560 26 (95 per cent. Confidence Interval 373–04 157–203 288–401 452–686 23–29) Based on figures for 1989–92.
(2) Patients dying whilst on the waiting list in 1994 Kidney Heart Lung Heart/Lung Liver Number of patients 1197 57 19 23 46 1 This is the figure for 1993. The figure for number of patients dying whilst on the waiting list for a kidney can be misleading as a proportion will die as a result of causes unrelated to their renal condition.
Breakdown of number of offered organs and their usage in 1995 Organ Number offered Number transplanted Percentage transplanted Kidney 1,987 1,799 90.5 per cent. Heart 885 397 44.9 per cent. Lung 1,250 274 21.9 per cent. Livers 927 701 75.6 per cent. Hearts and lungs have been simplified to individual organs. In practice, they are often offered in combination and sometimes transplanted in combination—that is, the heart and lungs from a donor can be offered as a "block" and the heart transplanted and the lungs not, and so on. Also, on a few occasions, a liver was transplanted (as lobes) into two separate patients. The reason for the non-use of donated organs, in the vast majority of cases is clinical unsuitability.
It is not known what the potential number of organ donors was for the last three years.
Source:
UK Transport Support Service Authority.