Seoul (Antara Bali) - The number of brain-dead patients in South Korea who donated their organs reached a record high last year, data showed Sunday.
A total of 409 brain-dead patients donated their organs in 2012, up 11 percent from the previous year, according to the data by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Of the 1,709 donations by the 409 patients, kidney donations topped the list with 768 cases. Cornea donations came next with 396 cases, followed by liver and heart donations that reached 363 and 107 cases respectively.
The data showed that the youngest donor was a four-month-old. The infant's heart was given to an 11-month-old baby and the kidney went to a 56-year-old woman.
Organ donations by brain-dead patients has been trending higher over the last decade. The figure, which stood at 36 in 2002, jumped more than seven-fold to 268 in 2010.
Despite the increase, South Korea still lags behind other countries in terms of organ donations by brain-dead patients. While eight in every 1 million people give their organs in South Korea, the comparable figure stands at 34 in Spain and 21 in the United States. (IGT/T007)
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