Organ donation: Will you give?
- August 16, 2010 11:34 AM |
- By POV
Canada's relatively low rate of organ donation doesn't seem to be due to a lack of public support for the idea, a poll suggests.
Canadians are strong supporters of both organ and tissue donation, with 95 per cent of respondents approving, according to a poll released Friday by Canadian Blood Services.
But in 2005, Canada's rate of organ donation for deceased donors was 12.8 per million, behind that of other countries such as Spain (35.1 per million) and the U.S. (21.5 per million).
Half of Canadians polled said they have decided to donate their organs at the time of death, 42 per cent are undecided and seven per cent have decided not to.
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Do you plan to donate your organs? Why or why not?
(This poll is not scientific. It is based on readers' responses.)
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