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A Gift of Life Although the majority of organs are donated after death , there are people who donate their organs while they are still alive . In the United States , in the year 2000 , about 35 percent of the kidneys used in transplants came from living donors * . 1 Look at the table below . What does the table show about the trend in living donor transplants from 1988 to 1998 ? 2 Read the survey findings below . Do these statistics surprise you ? Explain why or why not . According to one survey carried out in the United States , 90 percent of adults would consider being a living donor for a family member . Fifty percent would consider donating a kidney or other organ to a friend , and one in four would consider donating to a stranger . * A living donor gives a kidney or a partof his / her lung or liver .
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