Research Reports

2025 National Survey of Organ

Donation Attitudes and Practices

The 2025 National Survey of Organ Donation Attitudes and Practices includes responses from 10,008 U.S. adults and provides nationally representative information on how people think and talk about organ, eye, and tissue donation.

Key topics include:

  • Support for organ, eye, and tissue donation
  • Donor registration behaviors and patterns
  • Conversations with family members about donation
  • Attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge related to donation
  • Barriers, concerns, and informational needs
  • Motivators that may encourage donor registration
  • Awareness and perceptions of specific donation practices

View and Download the 2025 Report of Findings (PDF - 5 MB).

Browse the Supplemental Tables (XLSX - 195 KB) – All tables used in the final report, along with additional analyses by demographic groups, and visual data bars to help compare results.

Visit the HRSA Data Warehouse to access the National Survey public use data files, including the data dictionary and operations manual.

Note: If you are using assistive technology, you may not be able to fully access the information in the files. Please email donation@hrsa.gov for assistance.

2019 National Survey of Organ

Donation Attitudes and Practices

This report details the findings of the 2019 survey of the American public’s attitudes and practices about organ donation and transplantation.

View and download the 2019 National Survey Report (PDF - 3 MB).

Supplemental Tables: 

  • Binary Response Tables (XLSX - 459 KB) – Frequency tables with data bars/color coding in the 2019 National Survey report.
  • Supplemental Tables (XLSX - 196 KB) – Non-frequency tables in the 2019 National Survey report.
  • Full Response Tables (XLSX - 510 KB) – Proportions and confidence intervals for every response option for all 86 key survey questions. 
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