The number of living organ donors per million population
Higher rates are desirable.
Data availability:
to (calendar years)
Geographic coverage
All provinces/territories
Reporting level
National, Province/Territory
Calculation
Crude rate = Number of living donation procedures performed in a given year ÷ National or provincial population × 1,000,000
Unit of analysis: Intervention
Denominator
Provincial or national population
Numerator
Number of living kidney or liver donation procedures reported in the Hospital Morbidity Database (HMDB)
Comments
Future reporting will use data from the new Canadian Organ Donation and Transplantation Data System (CanODT) once it is available.