Some 93,000 people in the U.S. are currently in need of an organ transplant.

Seventeen people die each day, and 6,600 people each year, in the U.S. from needing an organ that is not available because of a lack of organ donors.

One organ donor can save seven lives.

In 2007, there were 1,915 heart donations in the U.S.

Only 1 percent of all deaths per year in the U.S. are clinically eligible for donation.

In 2007, New England Organ Bank coordinated 92 heart transplants in New England.

Currently there are 2,667 patients waiting for a heart transplant in the U.S.

For more information, log on to www.neob.org.

Source: New England Organ Bank and United Network For Organ Sharing