Transplant Statistics: Annual Report

Donor Age		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
<1 year	Patients	200	213	255	286	318	327	372	397	431	430
	Deaths	39	24	33	30	35	13	25	14	22	20
	Rate	303.9	150.3	174.8	133.9	134.7	44.5	77.9	40.1	61.6	69.5
1-5 years	Patients	142	197	235	264	309	335	380	427	438	438
	Deaths	12	19	26	16	23	25	19	26	24	14
	Rate	115.7	127.6	141.8	72.9	89.8	86.3	58.6	71.8	64.7	46.9
6-10 years	Patients	86	120	148	169	212	238	266	278	295	286
	Deaths	9	13	14	11	14	11	16	12	8	11
	Rate	141.0	143.6	120.8	76.2	82.9	53.6	70.6	50.8	32.9	60.3
11-17 years	Patients	749	961	1,225	1,448	1,651	1,823	1,907	2,002	2,016	1,945
	Deaths	43	56	85	92	95	109	110	110	105	101
	Rate	70.9	70.4	84.8	76.0	67.1	68.4	64.8	61.9	59.5	77.8
18-34 years	Patients	3,422	4,060	4,713	5,260	5,767	6,207	6,509	6,830	6,901	6,612
	Deaths	215	265	305	317	344	365	390	390	405	326
	Rate	77.2	76.7	75.6	69.5	68.2	66.3	67.5	64.8	68.1	71.3
35-49 years	Patients	1,342	1,715	2,012	2,368	2,663	2,995	3,249	3,483	3,640	3,634
	Deaths	110	148	162	213	217	227	253	259	240	212
	Rate	105.5	106.9	96.6	108.4	96.8	89.1	91.2	87.1	78.9	86.2
50-64 years	Patients	203	300	418	511	617	709	833	919	967	1,010
	Deaths	29	36	56	50	64	53	85	93	79	74
	Rate	206.7	162.8	184.7	123.0	129.3	89.1	126.2	122.7	99.4	110.8
65+ years	Patients	4	6	9	12	14	21	22	25	30	28
	Deaths	*	*	*	1	1	3	2	2	4	2
	Rate	*	*	*	109.6	93.7	195.4	102.7	97.6	188.0	105.4
Unknown	Patients	559	698	813	930	1,038	1,154	1,251	1,308	1,325	1,231
	Deaths	52	50	63	49	62	57	83	79	72	56
	Rate	116.7	87.4	92.8	61.7	68.7	56.5	76.5	68.9	63.7	66.3

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).