Support for Donation Increasing

‘strong support’ is highest among women, whites and Native Americans; lowest among 66+ and those with high school or less education

39.4%Strongly Support

Donation

48.8%Strongly Support

Donation

2005 2012

38.9%Willingto Join

60.1%Willingto Join

2005 2012

Increase in number of non-registered people willing to join state registry

U.S. transplant system uses a fair approach to distribute organs

64.6%Agree orStrongly

Agree

Respondents age 66+ were least likely to agree

Life expectancy should be consideredin the matching process

52.2%Support

Organs should go to most medically urgent patients (regardless of geography)

81.7%of non-registered

donors would prefer

Majority willing to donate hands and face

HANDS FACE

80.3% 58.2%

Willing to donate hands and face (by age)

VERY WILLILNG

SOMEWHAT WILLING TOTAL

18–34 25.1% 25.8% 50.9%

35–54 34.3% 26.2% 60.5%

55–65 35.6% 29.0% 64.6%

66+ 34.4% 26.4% 60.8%

Other Key Findings

• 51% would support presumed consent (10% increase from 2005)

• 25% said they would be more likely to donate with financial incentive (8% increase from 2005)

• 64% said financial incentive would not affect their decision to donate

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