Honoring Donation in 2024
Lifeline of Ohio is sincerely grateful to the heroic donors in 2024 who saved and healed thousands of lives.
There is still a great need for registered donors. We encourage you to honor all donor heroes by saying "yes" to donation.
Donation Resources
Members of the media may choose to access Lifeline of Ohio's multimedia resources including fact sheets, preferred terminology, video assets and logos for story development.
Fact Sheet, Stats and Service Area
Lifeline of Ohio service area (in green)
Lifeline of Ohio Service Area facts
- In Central and Southeastern Ohio, 608 lives were saved in 2024 through organ donation and transplantation. Additional 2024 statistics include:
- 169 organ donors gave the gift of life.
- 549 tissue donors provided healing to others.
- 568 eye donors gave the gift of sight.
- 737 placentas were donated through the Lifeline of Ohio Placenta Donation Program.
National facts
- The national transplant waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant is rising at an alarming rate, with more than 100,000 individuals currently on the list.
- In the United States, more than 48,000 (48,137)* organ transplants were performed in 2024.
- More than 2.5 million tissue transplants** are performed each year.
* Based on OPTN data as of Jan. 15, 2024.
**National Tissue Recovery through Utilization Survey (NTRUS), https://www.aatb.org/news/ntrus-results-reveal-trends-tissue; AATB.org
How Does a Person Register as a Donor?
A person may declare their wish to become a donor by registering online through www.lifelineofohio.org. Additionally, a person may declare their decision when visiting the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (Ohio) or Department of Motor Vehicles (West Virginia).
The state donor registry is a person’s “first-person authorization” to donate the gift of life at the time of their death, if possible, through organ, eye and tissue donation.
Lifeline of Ohio encourages everyone to talk to their loved ones about their donation decision. When the next-of-kin knows their loved one’s decision at the time of death, it is one of the most helpful steps a grieving family can take to deal with its loss.
Impact Report
Video Assets
Lifeline of Ohio general b-roll
Please note – If you would like to have a version of this sent to you for download, please email media@lifelineofohio.org to request.
Logos
If you have questions about any of the following logos, please email media@lifelineofohio.org.
Lifeline of Ohio logos
Donate Life logo
Placenta Donation Program logo
Language Matters
We kindly request that media covering donation and transplantation stories consider using the following terminology out of respect to donor heroes and their loved ones and to describe the lifesaving donation and transplantation process most accurately.
- Organs, tissues and corneas are “recovered,” not “harvested,” “removed” or “taken.”
- An individual who is brain dead may be on “mechanical support” but not “life support.”
- Organ, tissue and cornea donors are “deceased donors” or “donor heroes” not “cadavers” or “cadaveric donors.”
- Brain death is death; it is permanent and irreversible. The individual is “clinically and legally deceased” not “in a coma,” and they cannot “wake up.”
- Patients waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant are placed on the “national transplant waiting list.”
- Hospitals where donation takes place are “donor hospitals.” Hospitals where transplantation takes place are “transplant centers.”
Boilerplate
Founded in 1984, Lifeline of Ohio is an independent, non-profit organization, that promotes and coordinates the donation of human organs and tissue for transplantation. Lifeline of Ohio serves 97 hospitals and facilities in 38 counties in Ohio and two in West Virginia and is designated as an organ procurement organization through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Ohio is a unique state in that there are 4 organ procurement organizations serving its citizens. In addition to Lifeline of Ohio, there are:
- Lifebanc in Cleveland, OH serving Northeast Ohio
- Life Connection of Ohio in Dayton, OH and Toledo, OH serving Western Ohio
- Network for Hope (a merger between its legacy organizations, Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates, Inc. (KODA) in Louisville, KY and LifeCenter Organ Donor Network (LifeCenter) in Cincinnati, OH), serving Southwestern Ohio