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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

By the numbers


The heart of a 30-something Northwest man beats in the chest of Kathy Cochran. The device shown is a defibrillator. 
 (Courtesy of Sacred Heart Medical Center / The Spokesman-Review)
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Heart transplants

2,997: Organs needed nationally each year

2,127: Organs donated nationally each year

62: Organs needed regionally each year

41: Organs donated regionally each year

Organ donors

204,649: Registered through vehicle renewals in Spokane County

165,938: Registered in five North Idaho counties