Organ donation rate in the United Kingdom 2023/24, by country

In 2023/24, the organ donation rate in Northern Ireland was 33.5 per million population, the highest rate in the United Kingdom. With 20.9 organ donations per million population, England had the second-highest rate. Wales had the lowest rate of the countries of the UK. Most common organs donated The most common organ offered for donation in the UK were kidneys, at over 3.4 thousand offers in 2021/22. The second most common organ offer in this year were the lungs with approximately 1.7 thousand offerings. This corresponded into the kidney having the highest rate of organ transplants in the UK (both from alive and deceased donors) at 37.8 procedures per million population. Not all organs can be used In 2017, over 35 percent of families in the UK refused permission for organs from their deceased family member to be used for donation. This was one of the highest refusal rates in Europe. Additionally. there is cases of organs that have been donated that cannot be used for various reasons. For example, in 2021/22 over 30 kidneys donated in the UK could not be used as they were deemed clinically unsuitable for organ donation.

在2023/24年度，北爱尔兰的器官捐赠率达到了每百万人口33.5例，位居英国之首。英格兰的器官捐赠率为每百万人口20.9例，位居第二。威尔士则是英国各省份中器官捐赠率最低的地区。在英国，最常见的捐赠器官为肾脏，2021/22年度共有超过3.4千例肾脏捐赠。次常见的器官捐赠为肺部，约有1.7千例。这一数据表明，肾脏在英国器官移植手术中（无论是来自活体或遗体捐赠者）的移植率最高，达到每百万人口37.8例。并非所有器官均可用于移植。2017年，英国有超过35%的家庭拒绝将已故家庭成员的器官用于捐赠，这一拒绝率在欧洲处于较高水平。此外，还有一些捐赠的器官由于各种原因无法使用。例如，在2021/22年度，英国有超过30个肾脏因临床评估不适宜移植而无法使用。