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THE HEARTBREAKING STATISTICS
 

Composition of the Be The Match Registry by Race and Ethnicity

Number and % Potential Adult Donors

Number and %

Cord Blood Units

African American or Black

Nearly 600,000, 7%

Nearly 8,000, 7%

American Indian/Alaska Native

Nearly 90,000, 1%

More than 200, .2%

Asian

More than 550,000, 7%

Nearly 8,000, 7%

Hispanic (Hispanic or Latino)

Nearly 800,000, 10%

More than 20,000, 19%

Multiple Race

Nearly 250,000, 3%

Nearly 11,000, 10%

Native Hawaiian or Other
Pacific Islander

More than 11,000, .1%

More than 100, .1%

White

Nearly 6 million, 74%

Nearly 70,000, 65%

   Statistics provided by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)

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Thomas

"Pepper"

Johnson

NE Patriots' Linebackers Coach, joins our fight!

 

“During Bowl For Life’s first bone marrow registration drive in 1998, I was struck by how few African Americans were in attendance. But when one of my close friends ended up being a match for a 40 year-old African American woman, I realized that it takes just one person to make a life-saving difference."

 

He continued, “Blood cancers and related diseases often turn fatal for African American, Asian and Hispanic patients, who have a significantly lowered chance of finding a life-saving match. My hope is that we can bring awareness to the urgent need for bone marrow donors from all groups, particularly racial minorities.”
Pepper Johnson at the inaugural bowling bone marrow registration drive