Kidney Waiting List 2025. There are approximately 100,000 people on the waitlist. To even have a chance at a kidney from a deceased donor — a lifesaving resource in limited supply — an ailing patient needs to get onto the waiting list.
To investigate the survival benefit of transplantation versus dialysis for waitlisted kidney failure patients with a priori stratification. The optn’s secure transplant information database contains all national data on the candidate waiting list, organ donation and matching, and transplantation.
