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Dernière MAJ : 07.04.2011

Some important figures

Taking into account the quality control continually applied to the agence de la biomédecine database, activity figures may vary slightly from those published in previous years.

Taking into account the quality control continually applied to the agence de la biomédecine database, activity figures may vary slightly from those published in previous years.

  2007 2008 2009 2010
Population : per million inhabitants (Pmi) 63,231 63,574 63,910 64,749
 Organs
Procurement from brain-dead subjects
Donors referred   Number 3148 3181 3081 3049
                               Pmi 49,8 50,00 48,2 47,1
Donors retrieved   Number 1561 1563 1481 1476
                                Pmi 24,7 24,6 23,2 22,8
Donors not retrieved  Number 1587 1618 1600 1573
                                      Pmi 25,1 25,5 25,0 24,3
Cause of death
Cerebral vascular accident 1719 1863 1758 1737
Injury  857  791  775 762
Other 572   527   548 550
Percentage of donors not retrieved*  50,4 % 50,9 % 51,9 %  51,6 % 
Causes of not retrieval  
Opposition to procurement 28,2 %   30,7 %  32,2 % 33,7 % 
Medical history
10,6 %  11,1 %  10,8 %  10,6 % 
Medical obstacle
11,1 %   8,9 %   8,6 % 7,1 %
Other  0,6 %  0,3 %  0,4 %  0,2 %
***The percentages for causes of not retrieval are expressed as a function of the number of donors referred.
Classification of causes of not retrieval :
-Oppostion to procurement: refusal by the deceased/family, oppostion from the substitut, administrative prohibition
- Medical obstacle: problems, mostly haemodynamic in nature, in maintaining the donor
- Medical history: age, serological test results, infections, pathological antecedents etc.
Mean age of retrieved donors 50,0    51,9    51,7  52,9
Age distribution of these donors        
0 - 17 years 5,6 % 3,5 % 3,5 % 4,0 %
18 - 45 years 28,5 % 28,8 % 30,0 % 27,1 %
46 - 60 years 37,0 % 34,2 % 32,1 % 31,4 %
> 60 years 29,0 % 33,5 % 34,4 % 37,5 %
Sex distribution of these donors        
Female 38,7 % 42,2 %  39,0 % 44,1 %
Male 61,3 % 57,8 % 61,0 % 55,9 %
Waiting list on the 01/01 of each year**                 2007  2008  2009  2010
Heart Number  240  268  298 304
  Pmi 3,8  4,2   4,7  4,7
Heart-lungs Number 35  30   35 26
  Pmi 0,6  0,5  0,5 0,4 
 Lung Number 131  139  173 178 
  Pmi  2,1  2,2  2,7  2,7
 Liver  Number 540  574  669  806
   Pmi  8,5   9,0  10,5 12,4
 Kidney  Number 6222  6546 6930  7616 
   Pmi  98,4  103,0 108,4  117,6 
 Pancreas  Number 171   150  153 158
   Pmi  2,7  2,4  2,4  2,4
 Small bowel Number 13   20  26 21 
  Pmi  0,2   0,3 0,4 0,3 
 Total  Number 7352  7727 8284 9109 
   Pmi 116,3  121,5   129,6  140,7
**Number of patients on the waiting list on the 01/01: added to the waiting list before January 1st (00h00) and removed from the list after January 1st.
Patients still in the preliminary phases of medical registration at the time of data extraction are not taken into account. These patients will be included in the figures as soon as their registration is confirmed administratively.    
Transplants (including those from living donors and domino transplants)  2007  2008  2009 2010
Heart  Number  366   360 359 356
   Pmi 5,8   5,7  5,6 5,5
Heart - Lungs  Number  20  19  21 19
   Pmi 0,3   0,3  0,3 0,3
Lungs  Number 203   196  231 244
   Pmi 3,2    3,1 3,6 3,8
 Liver  Number 1061  1011   1047  1092
   Pmi  16,8  15,9  16,4  16,9
Kidney  Number  2912  2937  2826  2892
   Pmi 46,1   46,2   44,2 44,7
 Pancreas***  Number 99   84  89 96 
   Pmi 1,6  1,3 1,4 1,5
Small bowel  Number 13 7 9
   Pmi 0,1  0,2 0,1 0,1
Total Number 4667  4620 4580 4708
  Pmi 73,8  72,7 71,7 72,7
***Pancreas: Islet transplants are not included

****These data depend on the update of the waiting lists by the teams.