Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Blood Type		Year
		1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total	Patients	6,707	8,270	9,828	11,248	12,589	13,809	14,789	15,669	16,043	15,614
	Deaths	510	612	745	779	855	863	983	985	959	816
	Rate	95.9	89.6	91.0	81.7	79.2	71.6	76.2	72.2	70.1	76.8
O	Patients	2,496	3,099	3,646	4,207	4,722	5,215	5,591	5,955	6,096	5,917
	Deaths	192	262	277	292	324	345	392	423	375	332
	Rate	97.8	103.0	91.0	81.8	80.0	76.1	80.5	82.1	72.4	82.5
A	Patients	3,041	3,750	4,468	5,070	5,670	6,183	6,616	7,003	7,148	6,964
	Deaths	227	251	343	343	386	353	419	402	422	351
	Rate	93.4	80.7	91.9	79.7	79.3	65.1	72.4	65.6	68.9	74.0
B	Patients	816	987	1,205	1,396	1,574	1,719	1,839	1,938	1,987	1,944
	Deaths	59	67	97	101	104	118	126	119	111	95
	Rate	91.6	81.3	98.3	86.4	77.5	79.1	78.9	70.4	65.9	72.1
AB	Patients	352	433	507	574	622	692	743	773	812	789
	Deaths	31	32	28	43	40	47	46	41	51	38
	Rate	111.0	90.1	66.2	87.7	74.9	78.1	71.7	60.8	75.1	70.3
Unknown	Patients	2	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Deaths	*	*	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	-
	Rate	*	*	*	*	*	-	-	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2001.

The sample includes patients with a new or functioning transplant at any time during the year. The period at risk begins on the later of January 1 or the transplant date and ends on the earlier of December 31, the date of death, or the last date of follow-up. Please see Technical Notes chapter for further details about computation of death rates.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = Values suppressed due to small N (0 to 9).