Donate Life Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Enrollment by County: Beginning September 2008

health.data.ny.gov | Last Updated 1 May 2024

This dataset contains monthly snapshots of the number of enrollments by population in the New York State Donate Life Registry beginning from 2008. The registry is a confidential database that records a person’s consent to organ/tissue donation upon death. The database is used by donation professionals to determine a person's donation status at the time of their death.

Tags: enrollment, county, population, organ procurement, community health and chronic disease

This dataset has the following 10 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
YearyearnumberThe year the data set represents.
MonthmonthnumberThe month the data represents.
CountycountytextThe county the enrollee resided in at the time of enrollment.
2020 Census Populationcensus_populationnumberThe number of residents of New York State based on the 2020 US census.
Population 18+ Estimatepopulation_18_estimatenumberThe population of New York State 18 years of age or older. You must be 18 years of age or older to enroll in the registry.
Registry Enrollmentsregistry_enrollmentsnumberThe number of individuals enrolled in the Donate Life Organ and Tissue Donor registry.
% Eligible Population Enrolledeligible_population_enrollednumberThe percentage of the population 18 years of age or older enrolled in the registry. You must 18 or older to enroll in the registry.
OPOopotextA federally designated organization responsible for coordinating organ donation and recovery at hospitals throughout the US.
LocationlocationtextLatitude and longitude for the county served by the corresponding organ procurement organization, eye bank and tissue bank.
Chart Monthchart_monthtext