VITAL STATISTICS Every year, more than 10,000 men, women and children get life-threatening diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma, and do not have a marrow donor in their family. To live, they need to find an unrelated marrow donor whose tissue type matches their own. Patients are most likely to match donors of their same race and ethnicity. Be the one to give hope to patients in need. ere are simply not enough racially or ethnically diverse members on the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) Registry to meet the needs of patients. Currently only a little more than 1.8 million people of the nearly 7 million Registry members are of racial and ethnic diversity. Getting patients to transplant quickly is often critical. e NMDP is working to overcome barriers that slow this process. More donors of the same race and ethnicity are needed to help patients find matches sooner. We are also working with medical professionals and insurance companies to help every patient receive the transplant he or she needs. If more people joined the Registry, more patients would find a donor. You can help! Join the NMDP Registry Just the FACTS : 11023; APR 2008 National Marrow Donor Program: Entrusted to operate the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program ©2008 National Marrow Donor Program Creating Connections. Saving Lives. marrow.org • 1 (800) MARROW-2 Caucasian - 73% (5 million) African American/Black - 8% (515,000) Asian/Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 7% (459,000) Multiple Race - 3% (180,000) Hispanic/Latino - 10% (650,000) 90% 100% 0 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% American Indian/ Alaska Native - 1% (80,000) 83% 81% 75% 61% 55% 0 Hispanic/Latino African American/Black Asian/ Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Caucasian 90% 100% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Patients who DO NOT receive a life-saving transplant 2 2 Based on searches that did not proceed to transplant within 6 months. Additional patients received their transplants later than 6 months. The NMDP Registry (7 million total) 1 1 Numbers reflect U.S. recruitment activity as of October 1, 2007. Numbers, percentages and totals may not coincide due to rounding. Remainder of the Registry are unidentified.

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Every year, more than 10,000 men, women and children get life-threatening diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma, and do not have a marrow donor in their family. To live, they need to find an unrelated marrow donor whose tissue type matches their own. You could be a match! Read the following for more statistics and facts about the national registry.

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Vital StatiSticSEvery year, more than 10,000 men, women and children get life-threatening diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma, and do not have a marrow donor in their family. To live, they need to find an unrelated marrow donor whose tissue type matches their own. Patients are most likely to match donors of their same race and ethnicity.

Be the one to give hope to patients in need.There are simply not enough racially or ethnically diverse members on the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) Registry to meet the needs of patients. Currently only a little more than 1.8 million people of the nearly 7 million Registry members are of racial and ethnic diversity.

Getting patients to transplant quickly is often critical.The NMDP is working to overcome barriers that slow this process. More donors of the same race and ethnicity are needed to help patients find matches sooner. We are also working with medical professionals and insurance companies to help every patient receive the transplant he or she needs.

if more people joined the Registry, more patients would find a donor.

You can help!Join the NMDP Registry

Just the FACTS:

Creating Connections. Saving Lives. marrow.org • 1 (800) MARROW-2

Caucasian - 73% (5 million)

African American/Black - 8%(515,000)

Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - 7% (459,000)

Multiple Race - 3% (180,000)

Hispanic/Latino - 10% (650,000)90%

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American Indian/Alaska Native - 1% (80,000)

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Patients who DO NOT receive a life-saving transplant2

2 Based on searches that did not proceed to transplant within 6 months. Additional patients received their transplants later than 6 months.

The NMDP Registry (7 million total)1

1 Numbers reflect U.S. recruitment activity as of October 1, 2007. Numbers, percentages and totals may not coincide due to rounding. Remainder of the Registry are unidentified.