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Facts and Statistics

28,251 Black/African American patients make up 31 out of 100 (31.3%) of all patients waiting for a kidney transplant, as of January 16, 2022.

 777 Black/African American patients received a living donor kidney transplant, representing nearly 3 out of 100 (2.8%) Black/African American patients on the waiting list, in 2021.

465 Black/African American people donated a kidney, representing nearly 8 out of 100 (7.8%) living kidney donors nationally, in 2021.

Nearly 75 out of 10,000 Black/African American living donors are estimated to get kidney disease 15 years after donating.

Living kidney donors face a greater chance of getting kidney disease post-donation if they are male, ages 18-30 years, and have a family history of kidney disease.

The chances of getting kidney disease are:

• • 90 out of 10,000 (0.9%) living kidney donors
  • 14 out of 10,000 (0.14%) healthy non-donors
  • 326 out of 10,000 (3.3%) general population

Additional Information

To learn about how donating a kidney will affect your life and health, check out the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois or the National Institutes of Health.

To learn how to keep your kidney healthy, check out the National Institutes of Health sites on prevention and healthy eating.

To learn about financial resources, advocacy, and policies on protecting living kidney donors, check out the American Association for Kidney Patients website.

To reach the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois hotline number, call (312) 321-1500.

Testimonials

Read about Marquita, who donated a kidney as part of a paired exchange.

Read about Michelle, who donated a kidney during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read about Olive, who donated a kidney to her brother.

Watch the video below to learn more about the impact of kidney disease and living kidney donation on the African American community: