text: how many people die each year from lack of organ donation? i'm doing a speech on organ donation so i wanted to find out how many people die each year from people not being organ donors, and i specifically wanted a link to a web site. so if somebody can help that would be way cool. in 2004, 5,363 transplant candidates – one person every 90 minutes – died in the united states while awaiting transplantation. right now, 17 people die every day waiting for a transplan