By the numbers - STATS

35,000: Number of Canadians who have kidney disease

60: Estimated deaths each year of people waiting for a kidney transplant

4,000: Approximate number of people on the wait list for a kidney from a deceased person

$300,000: Amount in health-care costs that could be saved over a patient's lifetime if a faulty kidney is replaced

40: Percentage of last year's 1,200 kidney donations that came from living donors

90 to 95: Percentage of transplanted kidneys from living donors that work well after a year

15 to 20: Number of years, on average, that successfully transplanted kidneys from living donors last

85 to 90: Percentage of transplanted kidneys from deceased donors that work well after a year

10 to 15: Number of years, on average, that successfully transplanted kidneys from deceased donors last

Marina Jiménez and Dakshana Bascaramurty; Sources: Kidney Foundation of Canada; Dr. John Gill