Number of patients active on organ transplant waiting list in Belgium 2015-2017
Total number of patients on an organ transplant waiting list in Belgium from 2015 to 2017, by organ*
In 2017, 648 individuals were active on the transplant list waiting for a kidney in Belgium. This was more patients waiting for a kidney than in the preceding two years. The number of patients waiting on a liver transplant also increased over the three-year period reaching its highest figure in 2017.
Transplant activity in Belgium
In 2017, 48.1 kidney transplants per million population were carried out in Belgium, an increase from a rate of 45.6 in the preceding year. Kidney transplants are still the most common organ transplant procedure, ahead of liver and lung transplant with a rate of 26.8 and 10.6 per million population respectively. The number of patients who died on the kidney transplant list has decreased in Belgium, going from 61 in 2015 to 39 in 2017.
European comparisons
The rate of kidney transplant procedures in Belgium is in the top half when classified alongside other European countries. In 2017, Belgium ranked eight out of the European countries in the rate of kidney transplants. Spain had the highest rate with 70.5 procedures per million population.
Total number of patients on an organ transplant waiting list in Belgium from 2015 to 2017, by organ*
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kidney | 589 | 579 | 648 |
| Liver | 393 | 376 | 408 |
| Heart | 129 | 223 | 96 |
| Lung | 143 | 171 | 149 |
| Pancreas | 29 | 97 | 29 |
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