In 2015, 91 dead people donated their organs to recipients. The following shows the changes in the number of donors by death status in Japan between 1996 and 2015.
58 dead persons donated their organs after the brain deaths, 33 dead persons donated their organs after the cardiac deaths.
| Year | Deceased Donors, Donated organs after cardiac deaths | Deceased Donors, Donated organs after brain deaths |
| 1996 | 98 | 0 |
| 1997 | 82 | 0 |
| 1998 | 83 | 0 |
| 1999 | 85 | 4 |
| 2000 | 71 | 5 |
| 2001 | 71 | 8 |
| 2002 | 59 | 6 |
| 2003 | 75 | 3 |
| 2004 | 90 | 5 |
| 2005 | 82 | 9 |
| 2006 | 102 | 10 |
| 2007 | 92 | 13 |
| 2008 | 96 | 13 |
| 2009 | 98 | 7 |
| 2010 | 81 | 32 |
| 2011 | 68 | 44 |
| 2012 | 65 | 45 |
| 2013 | 37 | 47 |
| 2014 | 27 | 50 |
| 2015 | 33 | 58 |
Source is a leaflet ”Inochi no okurimono" published by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare、2016, Feb. いのちの贈りもの
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