Link to Latest Transplant Stats

I just got this link from a Google Alert on Heart Transplant.  Since I live in MN I am in Region 7.

http://www.myhearttransplant.net/the-transplant/newest-heart-transplant-wait-list-statistics.html

Some excerpts from the article:
* In 2011, 1,760 patients on the heart wait list received heart transplants. That figure represents a decrease from the 2,333 hearts transplanted in 2010 and the 2,211 in 2009.
* Currently there are 3,124 patients awaiting heart transplantation in the U.S. This figure changes immediately depending on adjustments. Below is a breakdown of patients currently on the wait list and actual transplants by region.
* Region 7 – Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin – Currently waiting are 389 candidates. 175 heart transplants were performed in 2011.
* The breakdown of heart transplants by blood type in 2011 are listed below:

• Type O = 719 Waiting = 1751

• Type A = 711 Waiting = 1015
• Type B = 238 Waiting = 327

• Type AB = 92 Waiting = 70

Below are the statuses on the current heart transplant wait list:
Status 1A = 276
Status 1B =935
Staus 2 = 1,0167
Status 7 = 938