Varies by state because of details of organ donation laws, religious makeup, quality of healthcare. Blue states tend to have fewer donors (seat belt laws, gun laws, more social safety net). High concentration of hospitals is generally bad (car accident victim on the Mass Turnpike gets rushed to one of a number of world class hospitals, lives, not a donor). So Boston bad. New York worst state in US: need an organ in NYC? Relocate while you can.
Midwest and southern generosity typically drives higher donation rates. Neighboring states may draw organs from your state.
Transplant hospitals that do many cases get really good at it, and have enough experience that they will use organs other centers will reject. My liver was rejected by at least one other transplant center before it arrived in Indianapolis. (They let me see it before surgery. How cool is that?) So think twice before ruling out an organ just because someone else said no.
Blood type, physical size, and exact timing of things can cause lucky breaks.
Midwest and southern generosity typically drives higher donation rates. Neighboring states may draw organs from your state.
Transplant hospitals that do many cases get really good at it, and have enough experience that they will use organs other centers will reject. My liver was rejected by at least one other transplant center before it arrived in Indianapolis. (They let me see it before surgery. How cool is that?) So think twice before ruling out an organ just because someone else said no.
Blood type, physical size, and exact timing of things can cause lucky breaks.