How much is a human body worth?
How much is a human body worth? If you could harvest every organ and chemical in your body, you could make a $45 million. But in reality, Medical Transcription estimates, the average price of a human dead body is more likely to fetch around $550,000 (with a few key body parts driving up the price).
What is the most illegally trafficked human organ in the world?
Low Supply, High Demand
However, the most prominent organs that are traded illicitly are kidneys, with the World Health Organization (WHO) estimating that 10,000 kidneys are traded on the black market worldwide annually, or more than one every hour.
Where is organ trafficking the most common?
- * CHINA. — The world’s most populous country is also the top host country for transplants, but recently tightened regulations may change this.
- * PAKISTAN.
- * EYGPT.
- * COLOMBIA.
- * PHILIPPINES.
What organs can you live without?
You’ll be surprised as to how much you could lose and still live. You can still have a fairly normal life without one of your lungs, a kidney, your spleen, appendix, gall bladder, adenoids, tonsils, plus some of your lymph nodes, the fibula bones from each leg and six of your ribs.
