a Toronto conference last week about a record number of heart transplants in the United States in 2016, up 13.8 per cent compared with 2015.

The United Network of Organ Sharing, which manages the U.S. organ donation network, said the total number of organ donations in the United States was up nine per cent in 2016 and up 20 per cent compared with 2012.

"Nobody knows why this happened, it's all speculation," said Starling.

However, he said, the network has reported a higher percentage of organ donors dying of drug overdoses.

"Our perception -- and it's not a proven fact -- is there, in part, are more organ donors of otherwise young healthy people that are dying from opioid overdoses," Starling said.

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