One person dies every 58 minutes as a result of the shortage of organs resulting our government's
use of the sole organ-donor policy of altruism. That figure is calculated as follows:

525,600 minutes/yr ÷ 8,996= 58 minutes

The number of minutes in a year, 525,600, is divided by the total deaths of those on
the waiting list (5,529) and those who were removed from the list because they were
too sick leading to their eventual death (3,437). See data table below.

http://www.unos.org/ http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/latestData/step2.asp

Los Angeles Times, 6/18/09 Number of patients who die awaiting kidney reach a new high

It should be noted that of the 112,570 on the waiting list today, 90,000 are waiting for a kidney.
Kidneys are being rationed; older patients are now being allowed to die so that younger patients can be saved.
In addition to the 90,000, another 317,000 renal patients are undergoing dialysis but they are not even listed yet.