The number of people waiting for an organ transplant has increased at a significantly faster rate than the number of patients receiving a transplant and the number of organ donors (living and deceased). In 1988, there were only 1.19 people on the waiting list per 1 transplant. By 2009, this ratio grew to 3.71 to 1.

Are there any proposed solutions to this problem. I have heard of wealthy people going abroad or illegally purchasing organs. This solution, however, seems to lead the exploitation and even murder of the disenfranchised poor both in what is considered first and third world countries.